sublime
adjective
[ səˈblʌɪm ]
• of very great excellence or beauty.
• "Mozart's sublime piano concertos"
Similar:
exalted,
elevated,
noble,
lofty,
awe-inspiring,
awesome,
majestic,
magnificent,
imposing,
glorious,
supreme,
grand,
great,
outstanding,
excellent,
first-rate,
first-class,
superb,
perfect,
ideal,
wonderful,
marvellous,
splendid,
delightful,
blissful,
rapturous,
fantastic,
fabulous,
fab,
super,
terrific,
stellar,
heavenly,
divine,
mind-blowing,
too good to be true,
out of this world,
smashing,
• (of a person's attitude or behaviour) extreme or unparalleled.
• "he had the sublime confidence of youth"
sublime
verb
• (of a solid substance) change directly into vapour when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling.
• "the ice sublimed away, leaving the books dry and undamaged"
• elevate to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence.
• "let your thoughts be sublimed by the spirit of God"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘dignified, aloof’): from Latin sublimis, from sub- ‘up to’ + a second element perhaps related to limen ‘threshold’, limus ‘oblique’.
