sublime
/icons/point.icon SPLENDID, RESPLENDENT, GORGEOUS, GLORIOUS, SUBLIME, SUPERB mean extraordinarily or transcendently impressive
SPLENDID implies outshining the usual or customary.
e.g. the wedding was a splendid occasion
RESPLENDENT suggests a glowing or blazing splendor.
e.g. resplendent in her jewelry
GORGEOUS implies a rich splendor especially in display of color.
e.g. a gorgeous red dress
GLORIOUS suggests radiance that heightens beauty or distinction.
e.g. a glorious sunset
SUBLIME implies an exaltation or elevation almost beyond human comprehension.
e.g. a vision of sublime beauty
SUPERB suggests an excellence reaching the highest conceivable degree.
e.g. her singing was superb
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adjective (sublimer, sublimest)
of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe:
〈自然界･芸術作品などが〉荘厳な, 雄大な, 崇高な
e.g. Mozart's sublime piano concertos
e.g. (as noun the sublime) : experiences that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous.
used to denote the extreme or unparalleled nature of a person's attitude or behavior:
〈人･能力･業績･思想などが〉卓越した, 抜群の(excellent)
e.g. he had the sublime confidence of youth.
verb
1. no object Chemistry (of a solid substance) change directly into vapor when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling.
〘化〙 〈物質が〉昇華する
with object cause (a substance) to sublime:
〘化〙 〈物質〉を昇華させる
e.g. these crystals could be sublimed under a vacuum.
2. with object archaic elevate to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence.
DERIVATIVES
sublimely | səˈblīmlē | adverb
sublimity | səˈblimədē | noun
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’.