Meanings
comparative more gorgeous · superlative most gorgeous
- endearingsometimesSumptuously dressed.
Two or three of them wore polished silk hats, elaborate shirt-fronts, diamond breastpins, kid gloves, and patent-leather boots...The others were more or less loosely clad...One of the gorgeous ones remarked...
1883, Mark Twain, “Chapter VII: A daring deed”, in Life on the Mississippi, 1883 illustrated edition, Boston MA: James R Osgood & Co, →OCLC, pages 92-93; digitised as part of the UNC-CH digitization project Documenting the American South, 1st edition, Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina, 1999, →OCLC - endearingsometimesVery beautiful.
The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous.
2 more examples
All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.
Carmiesha "Lil' Muddah" Vernoy had been with me since back in the day. She was more than a dime piece. She was drop-dead gorgeous and had the best pussy in the world.
2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 21
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedazzlingly beautiful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchgorge“bosom, throat”
- Old Frenchgourgias
- Middle Frenchgorgias“elegant, fashionable”
- Middle Englishgorgeouse
- Englishgorgeous
From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias (“elegant, fashionable”), from Old French gourgias, gorgias (“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias (“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from Old French gorge (“bosom, throat”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting".
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian великолепен, разкошен
- великолепен (velikolepen)very beautiful
- разкошен (razkošen)very beautiful
Catalan esplèndit, magnífic
- esplènditvery beautiful
- magníficvery beautiful
- maquíssim (aplicat a persones)very beautiful
Chinese Mandarin 華麗 /华丽, 絢爛 /绚烂
- 華麗 /华丽 (huálì)very beautiful
- 絢爛 /绚烂 (xuànlàn)very beautiful
Dutch bloedmooi, prachtig
- bloedmooivery beautiful
- prachtigvery beautiful
Esperanto belega
- belegavery beautiful
Finnish upea, hulppea
- upeavery beautiful
- hulppeavery beautiful
French magnifique
- magnifiquevery beautiful
German wunderschön, hinreißend
- wunderschönvery beautiful
- hinreißendvery beautiful
- umwerfendvery beautiful
Greek υπέροχος
- υπέροχος (ypérochos)very beautiful
Hebrew יְפֵהפֶה
- יְפֵהפֶה (y'fefé)very beautiful
Hungarian bámulatos, káprázatos
- bámulatosvery beautiful
- káprázatosvery beautiful
Icelandic gullfallegur
- gullfallegurvery beautiful
Indonesian anggun
- anggunvery beautiful
Irish álainn, aoibhinn
- álainnvery beautiful
- aoibhinnvery beautiful
- galántavery beautiful
Italian magnifico, splendido
- magnificovery beautiful
- splendidovery beautiful
- favolosovery beautiful
- stupendovery beautiful
Japanese 豪華, 華麗
- 豪華 (gōka)very beautiful
- 華麗 (karei)very beautiful
Korean 화려한
- 화려한 (hwaryeohan)very beautiful
Latvian krāšņs, grezns
- krāšņsvery beautiful
- greznsvery beautiful
Norwegian smellvakker
- smellvakkervery beautiful
Polish przepiękny, arcypiękny
- przepięknyvery beautiful
- arcypięknyvery beautiful
Portuguese magnífico, lindíssimo
- magníficovery beautiful
- lindíssimovery beautiful
Romanian magnific, splendid
- magnificvery beautiful
- splendidvery beautiful
- superbvery beautiful
Russian великоле́пный, прекра́сный
- великоле́пный (velikolépnyj)very beautiful
- прекра́сный (prekrásnyj)very beautiful
Spanish guapísimo, hermosísimo
- guapísimovery beautiful
- hermosísimovery beautiful
- bellísimovery beautiful
Swedish ursnygg
- ursnyggvery beautiful
Turkish debdebeli, görkemli
- debdebelivery beautiful
- görkemlivery beautiful
- göz kamaştırıcıvery beautiful
- harikuladevery beautiful
- muhteşemvery beautiful
Cite this entry
gorgeous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgeous
“gorgeous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgeous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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