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beauty and the beast

beauty and the beast noun: two individuals, usually but not necessarily romantically involved, one of whom is considerably more attractive than the other.

Noun

beauty and the beast

  1. Two individuals, usually but not necessarily romantically involved, one of whom is considerably more attractive than the other.
  2. An aesthetic in heavy metal, etc. that contrasts "angelic" female vocals with (usually male, but sometimes also female as in Spiritbox, Faetooth, etc.) growls or aggressive singing.

Origin of beauty and the beast

From the traditional fairy tale. See Beauty and the Beast at Wikipedia.

Questions about beauty and the beast

What does beauty and the beast mean?
Beauty and the beast means two individuals, usually but not necessarily romantically involved, one of whom is considerably more attractive than the other.
What part of speech is beauty and the beast?
Beauty and the beast is a noun.

Words near beauty and the beast in the dictionary

  1. beautism
  2. beautisome
  3. beautonium
  4. beauts
  5. beauty
  6. beauty and the beast
  7. beauty blender
  8. beauty blenders
  9. beauty bush
  10. beauty bushes
  11. beauty cake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beauty and the beast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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