Stunning or beautiful

[irenestubbs]

That stunning is more of a compliment than beautiful

All are overused. On ebay, I refuse to bid on anything with one of those words in the title.

Not overthinking???
I'd accept any of those. Very nice to hear.

"Quite nice"

Everyone with a new profile pic on fb is 'stunning'.
Tbh, I wouldn't trust any bloke who referred to me as 'beautiful' or 'stunning'. Especially if we hadn't slept together yet.

I would like to be called either please

Gorgeous makes me think of "hello, gorgeous' which is what men would say in bars and clubs when they were hoping to get off with you.

Stunning makes me think of 'blonde bombshell' - or cheap looking women with obvious assets!

So I prefer beautiful though the only time I can recall being told I was, was mid coitus. Better than never, I suppose!

Radiant means very happy, as on your wedding day or some such. Which means you look good in that moment, because of your mood.

Deffo stunning. Beautiful is generally very pretty, stunning is all-round hot!

This totally.

You just want to brag don’t you?

I spent a year as a nanny in the aristo world and a semi famous Lady once told me was I was stunning and I still dine out on that, 30 years later. So, yes. Stunning for the win!

And now I just look like the average perimenopausal woman but I still don't have a grey hair so I'll take that!

I've met people who are stunning but wouldn't say they were beautiful. Stunning is like striking. It's something about a persons look that makes you look twice. It's overstated. Beautiful is different imo. Tbh I'd be quite happy with either and both are a compliment

I see 'stunning' as a whole-person compliment, and referring to an adult's overall look (you wouldn't call a very pretty child 'stunning') incorporating things over which they have some control - - clothes, figure, make-up.

'Beautiful' usually refers to how you look naturally, predominantly your facial features. You could be 'beautiful' but dressed in scruffy clothes; it's unlikely you'd be called 'stunning' in that situation.

I'm not either 😆

Beautiful is softer and, arguably, can't be made.

Stunning can be manufactured with the right tools.

Having said that, it's all in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? When I first met dh, I was amazed that women weren't throwing themselves at his feet. 😂

I've never been pretty, but I reckon I can carry an old fashioned 'handsome.'

Beautiful is more about bone structure and will be long lasting.

Lol, there are almost no 21 year olds called Tracy, stunning or otherwise.

@aliceinawonderland , an beautiful people are beautiful at any age, where as those who are stunning tend to loose their looks.

Yes, exactly this.

‘Stunning’ has connotations of ‘Nigel leering at leggy lovely Linda Lusardi’ to me. Ugh.

Stunning is different to beautiful. You can be a classic beauty but not attractive, in the animal sense. Stunning, to me, suggests something extra, something that would stop you in your tracks. You can be stunning without being a conventional beauty.

The best I've ever been 'called' is: she scrubs up well 👌🏻😬🤣

@LostMyLanyard , same here.

@FurzeNotGorse , wasn't she a 'sexy stunna'? She wasn't known for her legs, although I'm sure they were fine.

@MissScarletInTheBallroom Babies called Tracy in England & Wales since 1996. There might be.

I’d be happy if someone said I looked “well rested” 🙄

Stunning to me has a cultural connotation. I’d associate it more as denoting a well-kept woman, possibly with enhancements. Beautiful is worth 10 stunnings to me, but this may be a region, feminist and age thing,

How about big-headed?