Dictionary Entry
sublime
sublime is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
- 2superlative
Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
- 3superlative
Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
- 4superlative
Elevated by joy; elate.
- 5superlative
Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
- 6noun
That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
- 7noun
A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
- 8noun
That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
- 9transitive verb
To raise on high.
- 10transitive verb
To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.
- 11transitive verb
To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
- 12transitive verb
To dignify; to ennoble.
- 13intransitive verb
To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
- 14verb
vaporize and then condense right back again
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- 15verb
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
"sublime iodine"
"some salts sublime when heated"
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- 16adjective
lifted up or set high- Milton
"their hearts were jocund and sublime"
- 17adjective
inspiring awe- M.S.Dworkin- Hamilton Basso
"well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"
"empyrean aplomb"
- 18adjective
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style- Oliver Franks
"an exalted ideal"
"argue in terms of high-flown ideals"
- 19adjective
worthy of adoration or reverence
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