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Sublime

  1. adjective

    of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; ; - Oliver Franks

    “an exalted ideal”

    Similar: exalted, elevated, grand, lofty, rarefied, rarified

  2. verb

    change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

    “sublime iodine”

    Similar: sublimate

  3. adjective

    inspiring awe; - M.S.Dworkin; - Hamilton Basso

    “well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity”

    Similar: empyreal, empyrean

  4. verb

    vaporize and then condense right back again

    Similar: sublimate

Word family

sublimation · sublimeness · sublimity · sublimable · sublimely · sublimed

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