sublime
verb
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
vaporize and then condense right back again
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Sense 2 adjective
inspiring awe
well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity
Related & opposite
- glorious similar to
Sense 3 verb
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
sublime iodine
Types & categories
- gasify hypernym
Related & opposite
- sublimation derivation
- sublimate derivation
Sense 4 adjective
worthy of adoration or reverence
Related & opposite
- sacred similar to
Sense 5 adjective
lifted up or set high
their hearts were jocund and sublime
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Sense 6 adjective
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
an exalted ideal
Related & opposite
- grandeur derivation
- high-mindedness derivation
- noble similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sublimate |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | condense |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | evaporate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resublime |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | glorious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sublimation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sublimate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | gasify |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | sacred |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sublimity |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | elated |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grandeur |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | high-mindedness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | noble |