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sublime

səˈblaɪmadjective

What does sublime mean?

So great or beautiful that it fills you with awe.

Sublime, six ways

PlainSo great or beautiful that it fills you with awe.
ADHDAwe. Beyond beautiful. Beyond words.
Gen ZWhen something is so good it is almost too much. Mountains, a chord, that dessert.
MetaphorA cliff edge you want to stand on.
FormalOf such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.
Like I’m 5Something so beautiful or big it takes your breath away. That’s sublime.

How to pronounce sublime

suh-BLYME/səˈblaɪm/

Sublime in a sentence

The view at dawn was sublime.
The cheesecake was sublime.
Romantic painters sought the sublime in storms and mountains.

Synonyms for sublime

awe-inspiringPlainer.
magnificentGrand, without the fear.
transcendentBeyond ordinary experience.

Where sublime comes from

Latin. Sublimis, lofty, exalted; perhaps from sub, up to, and limen, a lintel.

Good to know

In philosophy the sublime is beauty with a touch of terror: oceans, storms, the night sky. In kitchens, just very good.

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