How do you praise girl who is very beautiful?

[Maggie]

Hi,guys

I am wondering how you praise girl who is very beautiful. Here I write down I know.

1.You are very beautiful.
2.You are a good-looking girl.

Could you give me others?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Greetings!

Maggie
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[Haihao]

I think there are hundreds of thousands, Maggie, which are not yet enough to describe the beauty of girls or women for men, you know, such as: charming, etc. in the direct way of admiring. There are also, however, many indirect ways for such purpose, which I think are much easier to say and more effective under a practical situation.

BTW, you wouldn't use them, would you?

Haihao

[Lost_Soul]

here is a few I know of :
you're cute, cuddly, pretty
You have looks

[Conchita]

Here are a few more adjectives that can describe beautiful women:

- gorgeous
- stunning
- ravishing
- dazzling
- bewitching
- fetching
- etc. etc.

[Alan]

How about: She's a stunner!

Alan
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[Prezbucky]

Maybe the most popular ways (that I've noticed here in the US, anyway) to tell a woman that she's attractive are these:

You are:

- Beautiful
- Pretty
- Cute
- Hot
- Fine
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[Englishuser]

Hi prezbucky,

[Yankee]

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That's most likely because of your focus on British English, EU.
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For example, Americans don't usually refer to beautiful women as 'fetching' (though I also wouldn't rule it out completely). While I know that 'fetching' can mean 'beautiful', the word 'fetch' also has a very strong association with dogs in American English. (It's what you tell you dog to do when you throw something.) And if you say a woman is a real dog, then you're saying she's incredibly ugly.

[Englishuser]

Hi,

I hope I am not getting all too sidetracked here but what about calling someone 'slender'?

All the best

EU

[Yankee]

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Someone who is 'slender' wouldn't necessarily also be thought of as beautiful or pretty.
Is that what you're asking, EU?

[Englishuser]

Hi Amy,

You asked:

[Yankee]

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Well, that would depend on the context, in my opinion. In and of itself, there's nothing impolite about saying that someone is slender.

However, if you said "You are slender" directly to a woman and that were all you said, she might interpret that as a euphemism for something else: "You're nothing but skin and bones" or "You're not fat, but you're not attractive either", for example.

If you described a woman as 'slender' to a third person, and that were the full extent of your description, I think the other person would also assume that they needed to read between the lines.

Just my two cents.
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[Prezbucky]

EU

Yeah, "fine" is acceptable here... if a bit silly.

Other things to call an attractive female:
- stacked (rap influence)
- luscious
- scrumptious
- deeee-licious (the "e" here is exaggerated)
- mighty fine
- bootylicious
- Fergilicious (lol)

hehe

Those are very slangy.

Amy, thanks for sticking up for "fine".
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[Prezbucky]

Oh, and Amy, thanks.

Getting back to the "fetching/dog" analogy:

I remember watching high school volleyball games as a freshman/sophomore in high school. Whenever we (Lakeland Thunderbirds, or T-Birds) played the Northland Pines Eagles (the school in Eagle River -- see Hot Shots Part Deux... Minocqua is also mentioned), we'd chant "Eagles look like beagles. Arf arf arf."

kids can be mean. In our defense, we didn't really mean it -- their mascot, and the rivalry, sort of came together to form the jeer/cheer. But I think they (NPHS players) understood the joking cheer.
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