Dictionary
1. (
superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
2. (superl.) Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
3. (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
4. (superl.) Elevated by joy; elate.
5. (superl.) Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
6. (n.) That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
7. (n.) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
8. (n.) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
9. (v. t.) To raise on high.
10. (v. t.) To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.
11. (v. t.) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
12. (v. t.) To dignify; to ennoble.
13. (v. i.) To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
Thesaurus
Elysian Olympian abstract aerate aerial aerify aggrandize aggrandized airy altitudinous apotheosized ascending aspiring atomize august awe-inspiring awesome beaming beatific beatified big bighearted blissful blooming bolt bright brilliant canonized carbonate chivalrous chlorinate clarify clear colossal dazzling decrassify deified depurate devastating dignified dignify distill distinguish distinguished divine dominating edulcorate elevated elute eminent emit empyreal empyrean ennoble ennobled enshrined enthroned erect essentialize ethereal etherify etherize evaporate exalted excellent exhale extract famous filter filtrate fluidize fractionate fume fumigate gasify generous give off glamorous glorified glorify glorious glowing godlike good gorgeous grand grave great great of heart greathearted handsome haughty heavenly held in awe heroic high high and mighty high-minded high-pitched high-reaching high-set high-up holy honor honorable humbling hydrogenate ideal idealistic immortal immortalized inspiring killing knightly largehearted lauded leach liberal lifted lixiviate lofty magnanimous magnificent magnified magnify majestic mighty mind-boggling monumental mounting moving noble noble-minded on stilts openhanded outtopping overlooking overpowering overtopping overwhelming oxygenate paradisiac paradisial paradisian paradisic percolate perfume princely prominent proud purify radiant raised rampant raving ravishing rectify reek refine renowned resplendent sacred sainted saintly sanctified screen send out separate serious shining shrined sieve sift smoke soaring solemn sparkling spiring spiritual spiritualize splendid splendiferous splendorous splendrous spray stately steam steep stilted strain stunning sublimate superb supereminent superlative supernal supreme throned topless toplofty topping towering towery transcendent transcendental try upcast upflung uplifted upraised uprear upreared upright upthrown vaporize volatilize weighty winnow