sublime

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sublime Definition

• (s) inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
• (s) worthy of adoration or reverence
• (s) lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
• (v) vaporize and then condense right back again
• (v) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"

sublime Synonyms

• empyreal
• empyrean
• revered
• reverenced
• reverend
• sublimate
• sublime
• venerated