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.
Definitions
- superlative. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
- superlative. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
- superlative. 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.
- superlative. Elevated by joy; elate.
- superlative. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
- noun. That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
- noun. A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
- noun. That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
- transitive verb. To raise on high.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
- transitive verb. To dignify; to ennoble.
- intransitive 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.
- verb. vaporize and then condense right back again
- verb. change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
"sublime iodine"
"some salts sublime when heated"
- adjective. lifted up or set high- Milton
"their hearts were jocund and sublime"
- adjective. inspiring awe- M.S.Dworkin- Hamilton Basso
"well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"
"empyrean aplomb"
- adjective. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style- Oliver Franks
"an exalted ideal"
"argue in terms of high-flown ideals"
- adjective. worthy of adoration or reverence
Synonyms
sublimate, empyreal, empyrean, elevated, exalted, grand, idealistic, lofty, rarefied, rarified, reverend
Common word forms
sublimed, sublimer, sublimes, sublimely, sublimest, subliming, sublimeness
Words from these letters
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