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If you abhor something, you dislike it very much, usually because you think it’s immoral.
To accentuate something is to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
Something austere is simple and plain in its style; an austere person is strict and severe with themselves.
Someone who has a bilious personality is highly irritable and bad-tempered.
When you are captivated by someone or something, you are enchanted, fascinated, or delighted by them or it.
A person who is comely is attractive; this adjective is usually used with females, but not always.
Decorous appearance or behavior is respectable, polite, and appropriate for a given occasion.
If you say a person’s actions are despicable, you think they are extremely unpleasant or nasty.
If something enthralls you, it makes you so interested and excited that you give it all your attention.
Something grotesque is so distorted or misshapen that it is disturbing, bizarre, gross, or very ugly.
If you describe something as heinous, you mean that is extremely evil, shocking, and bad.
Something loathsome is offensive, disgusting, and brings about intense dislike.
When something is luminous, it is bright and glowing.
Something macabre is so gruesome or frightening that it causes great horror in those who see it.
If something mesmerizes you, it attracts or holds your interest so much that you do not pay attention to anything else.
Animals preen when they smooth out their fur or their feathers; humans preen by making themselves beautiful in front of a mirror.
Repugnance is a strong feeling of dislike for something or someone you find horrible and offensive.
Something that is repulsive is offensive, highly unpleasant, or just plain disgusting.
People or things that are resplendent are beautiful, bright, and impressive in appearance.
When you experience revulsion, you feel a great deal of disgust or extreme dislike for something.
A scintillating conversation, speech, or performance is brilliantly clever, interesting, and lively.
Something that is tantalizing is desirable and exciting; nevertheless, it may be out of reach, perhaps due to being too expensive.
Something is toothsome when it is tasty, attractive, or pleasing in some way; this adjective can apply to food, people, or objects.
Something that is unadorned is not made more attractive with ornament or decoration.
Someone who is unassuming is not boastful or arrogant; rather, they are modest or humble.
Something or someone that is unprepossessing is not impressive or is unattractive.
An unsightly person presents an ugly, unattractive, or disagreeable face to the world.
Something vile is evil, very unpleasant, horrible, or extremely bad.
Someone who is winsome is attractive and charming.
Noun
pulchritude
PUHL-kri-tood
Context
The pulchritude of the flowers was almost beyond description—never had I seen such beautiful blossoms! The fields were full of the pretty and intensely colorful blooms, all of which were at the height of their pulchritude—there were no blemishes or any signs of decay whatsoever. All looked fresh and ripe in their pulchritude or exquisite loveliness, a testament to the stunning beauty of nature in that region of the world.
Mulch Dude The garden Mulch Dude practically gets covered in mulch since he shovels it all day, so I wouldn't exactly say that the dirty Mulch Dude has much pulchritude.
Examples
The practiced reader of Powell will wince in particular at the unkind emphasis of "lovely blue eyes"; she is a writer, like George Eliot, in whose novels feminine pulchritude gets what it deserves.
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The Atlantic
Paying for pulchritude isn't limited to Wall Street. Research shows that attractive people are widely perceived to be more competent leaders, harder negotiators, and smarter workers.
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The Atlantic
