sublimity
2
9.6
- noun
- /səˈblɪmɪti/
- Literature
:
sublimidad
- The poet captured the sublimity of nature in his breathtaking verses.
In my view, Chipola and his audience approximate the right mixture of shabbiness and terrifying sublimity.
- In my view, Chipola and his audience approximate the right mixture of shabbiness and terrifying sublimity.
- And then he talks about sublimity, sublimitas in Latin.
Examples
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But the unpredictability at issue is essentially benign because of its link with beauty or sublimity.
Academic text (1999) -
"Truly, in such conclusions as these, there is not only novelty, but sublimity" (Hitchcock 1843, p. 220).
Academic text (2018) -
For some reason, the sublimity of that always touches me.
Fiction book (1992) -
I begin to grasp the sublime without losing sense of its sublimity.
Academic text (1997) -
"And while sitting there and basking in the glory and sublimity of mercy..."
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"In one creative thought, a thousand nights of love revive, filling it with sublimity and exaltation."
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Although technology and industrial forces remain important sites of sublimity in these novels, they primarily appear as deleterious forces that disrupt natural systems.
Academic text (2016) -
Part of what this sublimity registers is the precarity of human life, itself now alien to the planet from which it sprang.
Academic text (2016) -
The sun-obscuring, suffocating clouds here elicit a brand of sublimity that can be related.
Academic text (2016) -
If Man, Machine, and Motion was sublime, it was a sublimity of dysfunction, wild awkwardness, and sentimental obsolescence.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
42
4.3
Great beauty that looks impressive and rich
17
4.4
A very beautiful and impressive appearance that makes something seem grand
14
5.9
An impressive size or beauty that makes people admire it
13
5.0
Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder
1
4.1
Great size and beauty that makes something look impressive, like a cathedral
1
5.8
Great beauty or success that makes people admire something
A bright, beautiful appearance that attracts attention
Antonyms
How Sublime
3
9.7
- Literature
2
9.6
72
4.5
14
5.9
- Formal
16
5.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sublimity comes from sublime, which comes from the Latin sublimis meaning 'high' or 'lifted up'. So, something with sublimity feels very noble, lofty, or deeply moving, like a great mountain or a grand idea.