beatific
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8.5
- adjective
- /biˈætɪfɪk/
- Formal
:
beatífico
- After meditating, he felt a beatific sense of tranquility wash over him.
- beatific vision
- desire for the beatific
And this wasn't some like beautiful beatific, whatever you say, beautiful Angel giving his good graces or her great graces at Saint Francis.
- And this wasn't some like beautiful beatific, whatever you say, beautiful Angel giving his good graces or her great graces at Saint Francis.
Examples
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Then he set the hymnals on the counter and turned to offer Ian a beatific smile.
Academic text (1992) -
Her face radiated a beatific joy as she held her newborn child for the first time.
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The nervous, anxious person I was too often was gone, replaced by this beatific man of inner peace.
Fiction book (1996) -
You seem so peaceful, so... beatific while your surgery's going on.
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The child looks at Catherine with beatific, sad eyes, regarding her as one would a savior.
Fiction book (2000) -
Ray looks adoringly at Julie as the beatific light catches her face.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her smile was bright, beatific even, as she presented, with a languid arm, her gracious table.
Fiction book (1990) -
And I go in and there's this kind of very beatific man, smooth skin, you know, like porcelain.
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This is a person we are used to seeing at the pulpit, Bible in hand... preaching with a famously beatific smile on his face.
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The drum ceased; the dancers came to a standstill, looking stunned and beatific.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
32
4.0
Kind, pure, and innocent in a way that seems like an angel
12
4.2
Very kind and good in a way that helps others
8
4.8
Viewed as holy and worthy of worship in a religion
1
7.9
Very kind, pure, and gentle in a way that feels innocent
A person who is very kind and patient and helps others when it is hard
Antonyms
How Blissful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beatific comes from the Latin word beatus, meaning 'blessed', plus a part -fic that means 'making', the same idea you see in beatify. So to be beatific is to look or feel as if you have been 'made blessed', showing deep calm and joy.