sublime
43
6.7
- adjective
- /səˈblaɪm/
- Literature
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sublime
- But rather it's a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan.
- a sublime experience
- sublime in nature
- sublime and beautiful
So the world that we live in is utterly sublime and utterly weird.
- So the world that we live in is utterly sublime and utterly weird.
- And how, if so, how can we try and provoke that that sublime feeling?
- So it is sacred and it represents something sublime.
- One of his passes to to why matter was sublime.
- Bruckner's got tonalities and changes that are very mysterious and very sublime.
- The cast in Uncut Gems, sublime.
- I should learn to look at an empty sky and feel its total dark, sublime.
- And it was it just was sublime and great.
- This, this dish is so, you know, sublime because I'm the one who eats it.
- And I, I'm looking forward to you getting this sublime, which I'm sure that you are as well, getting this sublime thing finished.
Examples
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There is no more sublime music than that second movement.
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Their emotions might approach the sublime, a hyperexcited state that daily experience could not inspire.
Academic text (2015) -
Whereas beautiful things draw us into them, sublime things cause us to reflect on ourselves.
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"Christine was, in a word, sublime"
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Well, now, sir, if I may, I'd like to go from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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His strikingly original works transform ordinary found objects into sublime works of art.
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In contemplating truth and nature, matter and motion, we ride, serene and sublime above the concerns of this mortal world.
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A more substantial problem, though, is that his speculations proceed with a sublime indifference to history.
Academic text (2017) -
Sturdy peasants living amid sublime scenery and the legends of a heroic past confirmed their search.
Academic text (1996) -
The view from the mountain top was so sublime that it took my breath away.
Synonyms
918
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
737
3.9
Highest in rank, quality, or importance
299
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
265
3.5
Very impressive and exciting to look at
253
3.6
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
210
3.7
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
110
3.5
Very impressive and beautiful
105
5.5
Very beautiful, delicate, and well made, like a piece of jewelry
77
3.5
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
68
5.0
Extremely good or beautiful, as if from the gods
50
4.3
Having great beauty and causing people to feel respect
39
5.1
Showing high moral ideas or aims that seem admirable and often not realistic
30
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
29
3.4
Extremely pleasant and giving great comfort
19
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
7
2.6
Very impressive and full of strong color or light
5
9.9
Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or graceful way
1
7.7
Ideas or feelings that seem noble and inspiring
1
7.7
Large and impressive in a way that makes people feel wonder
1
7.5
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
Relating to the sky or heavens and making you feel great wonder
Like the highest part of the sky or heaven
High in moral, intellectual or artistic value
Grand and serious in a way that makes people respect it
Very beautiful and impressive in a way people admire
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A very strong feeling of admiration and excitement that inspires wonder
How Sublime
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sublime comes from the Latin sublimis, which means 'raised up' or 'high'. Imagine something so beautiful or grand it seems lifted above the ordinary, and that's why sublime means awe‑inspiring and lofty.