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Question: What does the phrase terrible beauty mean!?
i think its a literature refrence, but what would it mean to describe some one as that!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I like to think it means the same thing as killer looks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Regardless of the item/person that is being described, I think the phrase terrible beauty would mean something that was alluring while also having some very negative connotation attached to it!.

The first thing that came into my mind when I read your question was the image of a mushroom cloud!. It has been described as awesome, with rainbow hues or other bright and fantastic colors by some onlookers!. But it is by far one of the most horrible weapons ever used by humans!.

If I was thinking about a person with terrible beauty, perhaps it would be someone who was very desireable, but cruel and heartless at the same time!.

To say it another way, it would be something or someone that was compelling and abhorrent at the same time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

its beauty is so strong that it has the capability of ruining the onlooker through desire, that desire eating up everything else like family, fortune, friends, health, clear thinking, wisdom so that the item of beauty may be possessed even for a moment to just alleviate the suffering that desire to hold the terrible beauty has!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i also think in books that it is sometimes used in reference to something or someone who is beautiful but also dangerous, with the power to destroy you, eg a demon queen, or a beautiful storm, volcano eruption, vast expanse of ice, rocks, water etc!. these things are all immensly beautiful but also terrible to both behold and experience!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In my opinion, it can mean that Beauty is sometimes a terrible thing because of the side effects beauty can bring!.

In example, if your beautiful sometimes you get more attention!.!.!. sometimes too much attention!. Like rape or unwanted touching!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Beauty beyond your wildest dream!.
Beauty of no equal that if another beautiful image appears it will still not match its appearance as "Beauty beyond compare"
Extreme beauty that may never be beaten!.
Perfect beauty like no other will ever be in this world, anywhere, anytime!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

it means the same as: beautiful disaster!. someone could be so beautiful, physically!. yet so terribly bitter internally!.Www@QuestionHome@Com