earthly beauty
This world's splendor
Earthly beauty refers to physical or material loveliness found in the natural world and human form, as distinguished from spiritual or divine beauty.
The phrase often carries a note of transience—earthly beauty fades, while heavenly beauty endures.
She was captivated by the earthly beauty of the coastline.
In religious and philosophical contexts, earthly beauty may be viewed as a reflection of something higher, or as a distraction from it.
- naturalNot artificially produced
- natural wonderSpectacular geological or biological phenomenon
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- mortalSubject to death
human form · fleeting · fleeting moment · landscape · rolling hills · sunset · golden hour · bloom · grace · splendor · meadow · golden · starry night · lush · verdant · mountains · ocean · wilderness
earthly beautydivine beauty
Aesthetic perfection suggesting godliness
ethereal beauty · transcendent beauty · the sublime · divine light · glory of God
earth, earthly, earthy, earthen, earthling, earthward, earthbound, unearthly, unearth