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- pronunciation:
- s
blaIm
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
exalted or noble; lofty.
This passage is written in sublime prose.- synonyms:
- beatified, exalted, grand, lofty, noble
- similar words:
- elevated, imposing
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| definition 2: |
superlative or supreme.
This dessert is simply sublime.- synonyms:
- splendid, superlative
- similar words:
- celestial, excellent, glorious, marvelous, supreme
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| definition 3: |
exciting wonder, reverence, or the like; impressive.
- synonyms:
- breathtaking, grand, majestic, splendid, stately, superb
- similar words:
- awesome, awful, divine, glorious, imposing, impressive, marvelous, wonderful
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| related words: |
gorgeous, grand, preeminent, stately, stunning, superb, towering |
adverb + (adj.)sublime
most, truly
(adj.)sublime
+ adverb
deeply, partly
(adj.)sublime
+ noun
abstraction,
address,
architecture,
aspect,
beauty,
bronze,
calm,
chaos,
comedy,
courtyard,
creation,
discourse,
doctrine,
eclipse,
experience,
expression,
genre,
grace,
grandeur,
grotesque,
hymn,
ideology,
landscape,
lime,
motion,
nature,
object,
painter,
paradox,
passion,
peppermint,
perversion,
pleasure,
revelation,
satisfaction,
scenery,
simplicity,
spectacle,
style,
summertime,
taste,
virtue,
vista,
works
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
that which is sublime or superlative (prec. by "the").
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
sublimes, subliming, sublimed |
| definition: |
to convert a solid to a gas, or vice versa, without liquefying; sublimate.
- synonyms:
- sublimate
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| derivations: |
sublimely (adv.), sublimeness (n.) |
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