LOVELINESS Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

loveliness

noun

Definition of loveliness

as in beauty

the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses our daughter was a vision of loveliness in her prom dress

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Recent Examples of loveliness The stark white tip offers an especially bright touch that catapults the design into mod-era loveliness. — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026 In addition to pointing out pockets of loveliness, Bayless regaled us with charming stories about TV filming episodes gone awry and how his youngest grandchild likes to bang at his back door for food. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 There’s the genteel loveliness of the oval gardens and just enough of a buffer between here and Oxford Street. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026 Everything should be subordinate to a general loveliness. — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 Layer it with a ruffled duvet cover, ideally one with some lace trim for ultimate loveliness. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2026 With the inimitable Chef Devin Denzer at the helm, Atsumeru utilizes the exacting refinement of traditional Japanese technique and blends it with the discipline, color, and loveliness of Nordic fare. — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Its sheer loveliness almost completely undermines the menace of that rictus on the cover. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026 April takes place in rural Georgia, in a region of astonishing natural loveliness that contrasts with its repressive treatment of its female population. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

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Noun

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

The list of 500 schools was compiled by the magazine and data research firm Statista, Schools were given a score based on their student outcomes, learning environment and their attractiveness to students.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The stakes are high, with victory on the track bringing in prize money and enhancing the team’s attractiveness to sponsors like Petronas and Microsoft.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of attractiveness

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