Russian is the richest language in the world. So many diverse words, ready as a wave of a magic wand to form various phrases, are nowhere else. The main thing is to learn how to manage them smartly so that the sentences are beautiful and pleasant to sound. Of course, literacy should not be forgotten either.
However, the article will not discuss how many useful and interesting words are in the Russian language. Today's topic addresses the notion of antonym and considers the word beautiful. Many have probably heard about various figures of speech, but are not aware of, firstly, all the names, and secondly, the principles of use, despite the fact that everyone uses them automatically.
Toward the end of the article, you will learn the antonym of the word “beautiful”, and not one, but first you need to get acquainted with the definitions.
Acquaintance with Antonyms
Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning. Good - bad, good - evil, many - few. Antonyms should be one and the same part of speech, i.e. it is undesirable to mix a verb and a noun, an adjective and an adverb, etc.
Unfortunately, not all words have antonyms. In nouns, for example, antonyms are less common (but still occur; example: noise - silence, drought - flood) than in other parts of speech. In addition, proper names, numerals, pronouns, and also some adjectives do not have them at all. So, what were left without antonyms: formed from the name of metals (gold, silver, iron, etc.) and designating colors (black and white are the exception). It is to these adjectives that one cannot pick up antonyms. By the word "beautiful", for example, as is obvious, it is possible.
Acquaintance with synonyms
We understood the antonyms, but it would be no less useful to find out at the same time what synonyms are. These are words that have the same meaning. In Russian, there are much more of them than antonyms, and therefore they are used much more often.
Examples of synonyms include the sea: funny, funny, funny; bad, disgustingly awful; courage, determination, courage, etc.
“Beautiful” - definition
So we got to the word that interests us. “Beautiful” means “pleasing to the eye.” A beautiful object, for example, is an object that you want to look at again and again, which attracts, fascinates and does not allow to be turned away thanks to its truly pleasant appearance. A person, animal, thing, plant, nature, picture, furniture can be beautiful. Anything. Everything that gives the human eye pleasure can be called beautiful.
Beautiful: synonyms and antonyms
Beautiful is an adjective in which, like any other (except for exceptions, as we recall), there are synonyms and antonyms. We will pick up the antonyms for the word "beautiful" now.
Antonyms for the word beautiful:
- terrible;
- ugly;
- disgusting;
- nasty;
- unpleasant;
- frightening;
- ugly;
- unsightly;
- unattractive;
- defective and so on.
Synonyms for the word beautiful:
- attractive;
- charming;
- beautiful;
- charming;
- great;
- pretty;
- flawless;
- charming;
- delightful;
- not bad;
- irresistible;
- charming;
- pretty;
- aesthetic
- comely;
- ideal;
- worthy;
- matchless and so on.
Total
As you can see, choosing antonyms for the word “beautiful” is a little more difficult than synonyms, because there are more of them. However, this happens not only with the parsed word. A synonym in general always comes to mind faster than the same antonym.
A beautiful, worthwhile, and even better unusual synonym or antonym can not only replenish the vocabulary, but also allow you to further show your knowledge of the “great” and “powerful” in public. Therefore, remember, dear readers, the antonyms for the word “beautiful”, study other interesting adjectives, nouns and other parts of speech and show yourself only from the best side.