sublime
Adjective:
- Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style: Describing something that is noble, lofty, or of exceptional grandeur, often inspiring awe or reverence.
- Inspiring awe through beauty, excellence, or grandeur: Describing something so impressive or beautiful that it evokes a sense of overwhelming wonder or admiration.
Verb:
- To change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting: A scientific process where a substance transitions from the solid phase to the gas phase without passing through a liquid phase.
- To vaporize and then condense back into a solid: Specifically refers to the process of sublimation, often used in chemistry and physics.
Adjective:
- The view from the mountain peak was truly sublime.
- Her dedication to helping others was a sublime act of kindness.
- The symphony's final movement reached a sublime intensity.
Verb:
- Dry ice sublimes at room temperature, creating a fog.
- In the experiment, we will sublime the iodine crystals.
- This particular compound will sublime when heated under vacuum.
"From the sublime to the ridiculous": An idiom describing a shift from something very grand or impressive to something foolish or trivial.
- The debate quickly went from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Used in literary or philosophical contexts to describe transcendent beauty or an ultimate, almost spiritual, quality.
- The poet sought to capture the sublime in nature.
Sublimity (n): The quality or state of being sublime.
- The sublimity of the ancient forest left them speechless.
Sublimely (adv): In a sublime manner.
- The pianist played the piece sublimely.
Sublimation (n): The process or instance of subliming. Also used in psychology to describe the channeling of impulses into socially acceptable activities.
- The sublimation of the solid was complete. / Art can be a form of sublimation.
- Adjective: exalted, noble, lofty, magnificent, majestic, awe-inspiring, transcendent, glorious.
- Verb: sublimate, vaporize.
(Note: "Sublime" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its verbal use is primarily technical.) - Sublime away: A less common construction meaning to remove or purify by sublimation. - The impurities were sublimed away, leaving a pure sample.
- The sublime and the beautiful: A philosophical concept, often associated with Edmund Burke, distinguishing between awe-inspiring grandeur ("the sublime") and pleasing, harmonious aesthetics ("the beautiful").
- Touch the sublime: To reach a level of extreme excellence or beauty.
- Her performance in that final act touched the sublime.
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- an exalted ideal
- argue in terms of high-flown ideals- Oliver Franks
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
- lifted up or set high
- their hearts were jocund and sublime- Milton
- worthy of adoration or reverence
- inspiring awe
- well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity- M.S.Dworkin
- empyrean aplomb- Hamilton Basso
- the sublime beauty of the night
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- sublime iodine
- some salts sublime when heated
- vaporize and then condense right back again