From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgorgeousgor‧geous /ˈɡɔːdʒəs $ ˈɡɔːr-/ ●●○ S3 adjective informal 1 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGextremely beautiful or attractive ‘What do you think of my new flatmate?’ ‘He’s absolutely gorgeous!’ You look gorgeous, Maria.► see thesaurus at beautiful2 NICEextremely pleasant or enjoyable SYN lovely a gorgeous cake The hotel room had a gorgeous view. —gorgeously adverb
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gorgeous• Liz is absolutely gorgeous.• Look at that guy over there. Isn't he gorgeous?• That woman on "Baywatch" - I think she's gorgeous.• And to top it all off, he was gorgeous.• I love your dress! It's such a gorgeous colour!• It's such a gorgeous day, we're going to go blackberrying.• The apartment had been furnished in rich, deep colors and gorgeous fabrics.• You look absolutely gorgeous in that dress!• He is gorgeous, not strong, but showy.• Men are not equipped with gorgeous ornaments or stereotyped courtship rituals, however it may look in the average discotheque.• What a gorgeous sound that was.• The following week, on a gorgeous sunny day, I worked both in the sun and in comparative darkness.• Palm-fringed beaches, guaranteed gorgeous weather and an equally warm local welcome make it one of the finest holiday hot-spots.absolutely gorgeous• Denice thinks she's absolutely gorgeous.• Yeh, he's absolutely gorgeous.• So we went up, and we got to know him, and he was absolutely gorgeous, of course.Origin gorgeous (1400-1500) Old French gorgias “stylish”, perhaps from gorgias “cloth tied around the neck”, from gorge; → GORGE1 