paradisal
- adjective
- /ˈpærəˌdaɪsəl/
- Literature
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paradisiaco
- I pick up the telephone and call my mother, who, like me, will never forget those days of paradisal poverty.
Examples
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The slippery temporal shifts between representing and remembering in Pater's writing suggest a nostalgic belief that our appreciation of the world is always kindled at its paradisal farewell, carefully recapturing elements of some project realized in the absent past.
Academic text (2000) -
Here is a vision fully realized, a paradisal universe of art.
Academic text (1998) -
August Mack, who died in the first few weeks of the war after painting scenes, very paradisal scenes in the Gogenesque way that death.
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"In this past of youth and friendship, Ryder tells us, lay an almost paradisal bliss, one sheltered behind 'that low door in the wall,' which opened on an enclosed and enchanted garden" (32).
Academic text (2000) -
She sees Henry James, the Master, growing rich on the triumph of a play, the very play that once failed humiliatingly on the London boards; but she already knows (as the Master himself will soon know) that paradisal success will end in jeers and feebleness.
Fiction book (1997) -
As Heath observes, the Ireland that becomes Silk's final wartime home represents the attainment in the present of all he has ascribed to a paradisal past (155).
Academic text (2000) -
The beach was a paradisal retreat, with its clear blue waters and golden sands.
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After the long hike, reaching the mountaintop felt like a paradisal reward for our efforts.
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They enjoyed a paradisal evening under the stars, surrounded by laughter and friendship.
Synonyms
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3.4
Extremely pleasant and giving great comfort
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9.9
Very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden or island
A very beautiful and peaceful place like a perfect garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
Shows the peace and beauty of a perfect garden
A place like a perfect, untouched garden that feels pure and peaceful
Antonyms
How Heavenly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word paradisal comes from paradise, which itself comes from an old Persian word pairidaēza meaning 'walled garden' or royal park. So, paradisal means 'heavenly' or 'like paradise', used for a place that feels very beautiful and peaceful.