223 Most beautiful words in the English language

1. adroit Dexterous, agile.
2. adumbrate To very gently suggest.
3. aestivate To summer, to spend the summer.
4. ailurophile A cat-lover.
5. amaryllis Bulbous plants which have large red or pink flowers.
6. anemone Any of various plants of the buttercup family, having petal-like sepals.
7. aqua A light greenish-blue color.
8. asphodel Plants having white, pink, or yellow flowers in elongated clusters.
9. banana Herbs having a crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
10. beatific Befitting an angel or saint.
11. beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.
12. blandiloquent Beautiful and flattering.
13. bliss
14. blossom
15. blue
16. bobolink
17. bubble
18. bumblebee
19. butterfly
20. caliginous Dark and misty.
21. camellia
22. cerulean
23. chalice
24. champagne An effervescent wine.
25. chatoyant Like a cat's eye.
26. chattanooga
27. cherish
28. chiaroscuro The arrangement of dark and light elements in a picture.
29. chimes
30. choas The exponential divergence of two arbitrarily close points in phase space.
31. cockle A heart-shaped bivalve or a garden flower.
32. coconut
33. colporteur A book peddler.
34. conflate To blend together, to combine different things.
35. cosmopolitan
36. cozy
37. cuspidor
38. cute
39. cynosure A focal point of admiration.
40. damask
41. dawn
42. delicacy
43. destiny
44. desuetude Disuse.
45. diaphanous Filmy.
46. diffuse Spread out, not focused or concentrated.
47. dulcet Sweet, sugary.
48. ebullient Bubbling with enthusiasm.
49. effervescent Bubbly.
50. efflorescence Flowering, the opening of buds or a bloom.
51. elixir A good potion.
52. elysium Any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise.
53. emollient A softener.
54. encomium A spoken or written work in praise of someone.
55. inglenook The place beside the fireplace.
56. enthusiasm
57. ephemeral Short-lived.
58. epicure A person who enjoys fine living, especially food and drink.
59. epiphany A sudden revelation.
60. erstwhile At one time, for a time.
61. eschew To reject or avoid.
62. esculent Edible.
63. esoteric Understood only by a small group of specialists.
64. eternity
65. ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
66. etiolate White from no contact with light.
67. evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
68. explosion
69. extravaganza
70. exuberant Enthusiastic, excited.
71. fantastic
72. fawn
73. felicitous Pleasing.
74. fescue A variety of grass favored for pastures.
75. flabbergasted
76. flip-flop
77. foudroyant Dazzling.
78. fragile Very, very delicate.
79. freedom
80. fugacious Running, escaping.
81. fuselage
82. galaxy
83. gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
84. gazebo
85. giggle
86. glamour Beauty.
87. golden
88. gorgeous
89. gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider's silk.
90. gothic
91. grace
92. gracious
93. gum
94. halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
95. harbors of memory
96. hen-night
97. hiccup
98. hilarious
99. hippopotamus
100. hodgepodge
101. home
102. hope
103. hush
104. hymeneal Having to do with a wedding.
105. if
106. imbricate To overlap to form a regular pattern.
107. imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
108. imbue To infuse, instill.
109. incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
110. ingénue A naïve young woman.
111. inspissate To thicken.
112. inure To jade.
113. jejune Dull; childish.
114. jonquil
115. kangaroo
116. lagniappe A gift given to a customer for their patronage.
117. lagoon A small gulf or inlet in the sea.
118. languor Listlessness, inactivity.
119. lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
120. laughter The response to something funny.
121. liberty
122. lilt To move musically or lively, to have a lively sound.
123. lithe Slender and flexible.
124. lollipop
125. loquacious Talkative.
126. love
127. lovely
128. lullaby
129. luminous
130. luxuriant Thick, lavish.
131. marigold
132. meandering
133. mellifluous Sweet-sounding.
134. melody
135. mignonette
136. missive A message or letter.
137. mist
138. moiety One of two equal parts, a half.
139. moment
140. mondegreen A misanalyzed phrase.
141. mother
142. murmuring
143. myrrh
144. nebulous Foggy.
145. nevermore
146. niveous Snowy, snow-like.
147. nobility
148. obsequious Fawning, subservience.
149. odalisque A concubine in a harem.
150. oeuvre A work.
151. offing That part of the sea between the horizon and the offshore.
152. oi
153. oleander
154. onomatopoeia The creation of words by imitating sound.
155. oriole
156. paean A formal expression of praise.
157. palimpsest A manuscript written over one or more earlier ones.
158. panacea A complete solution for all problems.
159. panoply A complete set.
160. paradox
161. passion
162. pastiche A mixture of art work (art or music) from various sources.
163. pavement
164. peace
165. peccadillo A peculiarity.
166. peek-a-boo
167. pelagic Related to the sea or ocean.
168. penumbra A half-shadow, the edge of a shadow.
169. peregrination Wandering, travels.
170. petrichor The smell of earth after a rain.
171. plethora A great quantity.
172. porcelain A fine white clay pottery.
173. potamophilous Loving rivers.
174. propinquity An inclination or preference.
175. pumpkin
176. pyrrhic Victorious despite heavy losses.
177. quintessential The ultimate, the essence of the essence.
178. rainbow
179. redolent Sweet-smelling.
180. renaissance
181. rhapsody A beautiful musical piece.
182. riparian Having to do with the bank of a river or other body of water.
183. ripple A small, circular wave emanating from a central point.
184. rosemary
185. scintillate To sparkle with brilliant light.
186. sempiternal Forever and ever.
187. sentiment
188. seraglio Housing for a harem.
189. serendipity Finding something while looking for something else.
190. shenandoah
191. shipshape
192. smashing
193. smile
194. smithereens
195. soliloquy Dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections.
196. sophisticated
197. summer afternoon
198. sunflower
199. sunshine
200. surreptitious Sneaky.
201. susurrus Producing a hushing sound, like flowing water.
202. sweetheart
203. sycamore
204. symbiosis Interdependence of two different species.
205. syzygy The direct opposition of two heavenly bodies.
206. talisman A symbolic object believed to have magical powers.
207. tendril
208. terpsichorean Related to dance.
209. thrush
210. tickle
211. tintinnabulation Ringing.
212. tranquil
213. tranquility
214. twinkle
215. umbrageous Shady.
216. umbrella
217. vermillion
218. vestige A small fragment.
219. whisper Speaking without vibrating the vocal folds.
220. whoops
221. wisteria
222. zing
223. zyzzyva A kind of beetle.