sublime

  • (s) inspiring awe
    • "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin
    • "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso
    • the sublime beauty of the night
    empyreal, empyrean,
  • (s) worthy of adoration or reverence reverend,
  • (s) lifted up or set high
    • "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
  • (s) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
    • an exalted ideal
    • "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
    • a noble and lofty concept
    • a grand purpose
    exalted, high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, elevated, high-flown, idealistic, rarefied, rarified, grand,

Verbs

  • (v) vaporize and then condense right back again sublimate,
  • (v) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
    • sublime iodine
    • some salts sublime when heated
    sublimate,

Synonyms

empyreal empyrean sublimate reverend exalted high-minded lofty noble-minded elevated high-flown idealistic rarefied rarified grand

Words of close approximity

sublimed sublimely Sublime Porte