sublime

Plural: sublimes

Verb

Verb Forms: sublimed, subliming, sublimes

To make something supremely excellent, grand, or inspiring.
vaporize and then condense right back again
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- "sublime iodine"
- "some salts sublime when heated"
Synonym of sublimate.
To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container; (generally) to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
Synonym of sublimate.
To obtain or purify (a substance) in this manner.
To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.
To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant.
Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it.
To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin.
To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt.
To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.
Synonym of sublimate.
Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
Synonym of sublimate.
Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
To become higher in quality or status; to improve.

Adjective Satellite

inspiring awe; - M.S.Dworkin; - Hamilton Basso
- "the sublime beauty of the night"
worthy of adoration or reverence
lifted up or set high; - Milton
- "their hearts were jocund and sublime"
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; ; - Oliver Franks

Adj

High, tall, towering; also, positioned in a high place; high-up, lofty.
Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive.
Of flight: ascending, soaring.
Of an idea or other thing: requiring great intellectual effort to appreciate or understand; very elevated, refined, or subtle.
Of language, style, or writing: expressing opinions in a grand way.
Of a person or their actions or qualities: intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior.
Of an office or status: very high; exalted; also, used as an honorific (often capitalized as Sublime) to refer to someone of high office or status, especially the Ottoman sultan; or to things associated with such a person.
Of a thing: consummate, perfect; (informal, loosely) excellent, marvellous, wonderful.
Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.
Of a person: haughty, proud.
Complete, downright, utter.
Elevated by joy; elated.
Of a substance: purified, refined; hence, of the highest quality.
Of arms: lifted up, raised.
Of a muscle (especially the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the forearm which lies above the flexor digitorum profundus muscle): positioned above another muscle; superficial.
Of breathing: very laboured.

Noun

Something which is sublime; a sublimity.
In the form the sublime of: the highest degree; the acme, the height.
Chiefly preceded by the.
An aspect of art or nature which causes awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; hence, the great beauty or magnificence of a place, a thing, etc.
Chiefly preceded by the.
A style of language or writing which expresses opinions in a grand way.
Chiefly preceded by the.
That which is intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior in human life or human nature.
The quality or state of being sublime; sublimeness, sublimity.

Adjective

Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration.

Examples

a sublime deed
He is behaving like a sublime idiot.
His seven-letter bingo play was truly SUBLIME, securing an easy victory in Words With Friends.
sublime scenery
the Sublime Porte
With a well-placed Z on a triple-word score, he managed to sublime his modest board into a triumphant finish.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*upó
Partly from the following:
* From Middle English sublimen, sublime, sublyme (“to exalt, extol, glorify, honour; (alchemy) to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; to obtain (a substance) by cooling vapour obtained through sublimation; to extract (a pure substance) from a mixture by sublimation; to sublimate (a substance)”), from Middle French sublimer, Old French sublimer (“to exalt, glorify, honour; to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; of a substance: to undergo sublimation”) (modern French sublimer), and from its etymon Latin sublīmāre, the present active infinitive of sublimō (“to elevate, raise; to soar”) (compare Late Latin sublimō (“to elevate, raise; to exalt, glorify, honour; to sublimate, vaporize”)), from sublīmis (“elevated, raised; exalted, uplifted, sublime; elevated in style”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under; up to’) + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”) (whence Latin līmen (“threshold”) and līmus (“askew; sideways”))) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
* From sublime (adjective).
Cognates
* Catalan sublimar
* Italian sublimare
* Old Occitan sublimar
* Portuguese sublimar
* Spanish sublimar

Synonyms

elevated, empyreal, empyrean, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, reverend, sublimate, absolute, out-and-out

Antonyms

profound

Scrabble Score: 11

sublime: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sublime: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sublime: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

sublime: valid Words With Friends Word