empyreal
- adjective
- /ˌɛmpɪˈrɪəl/
- Archaic
:
celestial
- The view from the mountaintop was empyreal, with clouds drifting majestically across the azure sky.
Examples
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During the ceremony, the music created an empyreal atmosphere that left everyone feeling inspired and uplifted.
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Her empyreal soul perhaps looking down right now, and yet it made no difference to the gaping hole Moira felt.
Fiction book (2000) -
For an eon, he had radiated empyreal serenity, unalloyed by sublunary emotions.
Fiction book (2002) -
Plotinus has explained how wisdom arrives swiftly by itself and brings with it an empyreal universe where entities seem diaphanous, while matter asserts itself to human faculties, living resplendent in each particular.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the sun set, the empyreal colors painted the horizon in shades of pink and gold, creating a breathtaking scene.
Synonyms
43
6.7
Extremely beautiful or great in a way that makes people feel wonder
22
8.8
Very light and delicate in a way that seems heavenly
1
9.8
Light and delicate with a feeling of something not physical
1
9.9
Very beautiful and peaceful like heaven
1
9.9
Having a beautiful, heavenly look or sound that feels holy
Like the highest part of the sky or heaven
Having the light blue color or wide open feeling of the sky
Antonyms
How Heavenly
Surface Forms
Morphology
empyreal = empyrean (opaque) = empyre + al
Although related historically to a pyro/fire root, the meaning 'heavenly' is not transparently derived for an average learner from the apparent components.
Etymology
Empyreal comes from Greek parts en- 'in' and pyros 'fire', because people long ago pictured the highest heaven as being 'in the fire' or bright light. So empyreal now means 'relating to the sky or the heavens' and suggests something very beautiful and awe-inspiring.