A collection of words for elegance, grace, and the aesthetic — from everyday vocabulary to rare and beautiful gems.
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mono no aware
phrase
The bittersweet awareness of impermanence; the gentle sadness of passing things.
yugen
noun
A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response.
wabi-sabi
The beauty of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.
sillage
The trace of scent left in the air by a passing person; the wake left by a ship.
ineffable
adjective
Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
sylvan
Consisting of or associated with woods; pleasantly rural and unspoilt.
ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time; transitory.
ethereal
Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world; heavenly.
entree
An entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom"
beautification
The act of making something more beautiful
beauty treatment
Enhancement of someone's personal beauty
glamorization
The act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way)
glamorisation
glamourization
glamourisation
classical ballet
A style of ballet based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements
art
The creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
artistic creation
artistic production
sea moss
Any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)
kite
Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
swallow-tailed kite
Graceful North American black-and-white kite
swallow-tailed hawk
bee eater
Colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
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