pulchritude
Sheer physical beauty
Pulchritude means physical beauty, especially of a striking or exceptional kind.
The word is formal and literary, often used with a touch of irony given its ungainly sound: The pageant celebrated feminine pulchritude.
Someone possessing this quality is pulchritudinous—a word more likely encountered in vocabulary tests than conversation.
Attractive physical appearance
- handsomenessPhysical appeal, especially masculine
- lovelinessPleasing beauty or charm
- prettinessAttractive visual quality
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
gorgeousness · radiance · beauty · attractiveness · stunning · resplendence · splendor · exquisiteness
Invariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
form · elegance · refinement · artistry · perfection · picturesqueness · sublimity · grandeur
Graceful, unshakable calm
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- litheSupple and graceful
- sylphlikeDelicately slender and graceful
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
ethereal · delicacy · willowy · statuesque · nimbleness · finesse · lightness · daintiness
Poetically attractive
- comelyAttractively pleasing to view
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
- prepossessingCreating favorable first impressions
bonny · sublime · aesthetic · rarefied · highbrow · sesquipedalian · grandiloquent · florid
comeliness
Attractive physical appearance
- handsomenessPhysical appeal, especially masculine
- lovelinessPleasing beauty or charm
- prettinessAttractive visual quality
fairness · gorgeousness · radiance · beauty · attractiveness · stunning · resplendence · splendor · exquisiteness · magnificence
symmetry
Invariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
composition · form · elegance · refinement · artistry · perfection · picturesqueness · sublimity · grandeur · stateliness
poise
Graceful, unshakable calm
suppleness · ethereal · delicacy · willowy · statuesque · nimbleness · finesse · lightness · daintiness · glide
beauteous
Poetically attractive
- comelyAttractively pleasing to view
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
prepossessing · bonny · sublime · aesthetic · rarefied · highbrow · sesquipedalian · grandiloquent · florid · ornate
- beautymakeup, cosmetics, lipstick, mascara, eyeliner
- Beauty Qualitiesbeauty, elegance, grace, prettiness, radiance
- appealappeal, allure, attraction, attractiveness, charm
pulchritudeugliness
Displeasing appearance quality
homeliness · unattractiveness · unsightliness · hideousness · ghastliness
pulchritudeinelegance
Lack of polish
gracelessness · ungainliness · coarseness · crudeness · gawkiness