Sublime Definition

sə-blīm
sublimed, sublimes, subliming, sublimer, sublimest
adjective
sublimer, sublimest
Noble; exalted; majestic.
Webster's New World
Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth.
American Heritage
Not to be excelled; supreme.
American Heritage
Outstandingly or supremely such.
A man of sublime taste.
Webster's New World
Inspiring awe or admiration through grandeur, beauty, etc.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
sublimes
Something sublime.
Wiktionary
An ultimate example.
American Heritage
verb
sublimed, sublimes, subliming
To make sublime.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
To cause to sublimate.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
To sublimate.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
the sublime
  • sublime quality; sublimity
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sublime

Noun

Singular:
sublime
Plural:
sublimes

Adjective

Base Form:
sublime
Comparative:
sublimer
Superlative:
sublimest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sublime

  • the sublime

Origin of Sublime

  • From Middle French sublime, from Latin sublÄ«mis (“high"), from sub- (“up to", "upwards") + uncertain, often identified with Latin lÄ«mis, ablative singular of lÄ«mus (“oblique") or lÄ«men (“threshold", "entrance", "lintel")

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French sublimated from Latin sublīmis uplifted

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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