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| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. [1/2 definitions] |
| beatification |
the act of making someone exceedingly happy or exalted, or the condition of being so. [1/2 definitions] |
| empyreal |
sublime; exalted. [1/2 definitions] |
| ennoble |
to make exalted in character, quality, or moral worth. [1/2 definitions] |
| exaltation |
the act of exalting or the state of being exalted. [1/2 definitions] |
| high-pitched |
exalted, lofty, or ambitious in tone or nature. [1/4 definitions] |
| joy |
an exalted feeling or emotion; bliss; elation. [1/3 definitions] |
| lofty |
superior, noble, or exalted. [1/3 definitions] |
| precious |
highly esteemed or valued emotionally, exalted. [1/6 definitions] |
| rarefied |
elevated; exalted; refined. [1/3 definitions] |
| romantic |
(usu. cap.) of or relating to the styles of European music, literature, and art of the early nineteenth century, characterized by an emphasis on freedom and by idealized and exalted conceptions of man and nature. (Cf. classical.) [1/8 definitions] |
| sublime |
exalted or noble; lofty. [1/5 definitions] |
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