seraphic
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- adjective
- /səˈræfɪk/
- Literature
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serafínico
- By this point, Jean assumes the morbid features of his mother, her ethereal aspirations, her dreams of redder sunsets, and her longing for the seraphic, chaste embraces of an angel.
- a seraphic smile
- a seraphic face
Examples
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Beginning in the late eighteenth century, the romantic cult of the child resulted in the forced infantilization of children by overprotective parents who clung to seraphic visions of their offspring's innocence even as the social conditions of child rearing began to change dramatically.
Academic text (1999) -
With her seraphic demeanor, she brought joy to everyone around her.
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Listen to the seraphic voices.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lost in him, lost in the astral, seraphic voices...
Blog text (13) -
Bragadino maintained such a sweet and seraphic expression that several people watching him were converted.
Academic text (2007) -
With a mischievous, vagrant, seraphic look,
Academic text (2016) -
The reverend seemed not to mind that her glance habitually drifted past his head to the ceiling; the expression only made her face appear more seraphic.
Fiction book (1991) -
As we know, all fly-fisherpersons are sages, seraphic as Plato discoursing on the Good, even if those I personally run across often seem anxious and frustrated.
Fiction book (2001) -
In many paintings of the humble saint, the stigmata on his side, hands, and feet (mimicking those that Christ suffered on the cross) are visibly present, as are the agents of their appearance, the piercing rays of light descending from the seraphic vision.
Academic text (2002) -
The child sang with a seraphic voice that captivated the audience.
Synonyms
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Kind, pure, and innocent in a way that seems like an angel
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Having a sweet, innocent face like a little angel
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Very kind, pure, and gentle in a way that feels innocent
Being pure, kind, calm, and beautiful like an angel
How Angelic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word seraphic comes from seraph, the name for a very high angel whose old Hebrew name means 'burning one', like a bright, holy fire. So a seraphic look or smile feels pure, gentle, and angel-like.