etherealize
Render less corporeal
To etherealize is to make something seem ethereal—to render it delicate, airy, or otherworldly.
The word appears in literary and philosophical contexts where something physical becomes spiritual or immaterial: The morning mist etherealized the landscape.
Writers etherealize characters by emphasizing their spiritual qualities over bodily ones.
The word is rare and formal, suggesting transformation toward the intangible or heavenly.
Go beyond limits
- sanctifyMake officially holy
- purifyRemove unwanted substances
- transfigureChange appearance dramatically
- ascendMove upward
elevate · sublimate · beatify · divine · enlighten · consecrate · exalt · glorify
Convert to gas
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- dissipateGradually fade away
- evanesceDisappear by degrees
- disperseCause to spread apart
diffuse · fade · dissolve · vanish · dematerialize · volatilize · attenuate · rarify
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gauzyThin and transparent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
featherlight · airy · translucent · filmy · tenuous · lacy · filigree · silken
transcend
Go beyond limits
- sanctifyMake officially holy
- purifyRemove unwanted substances
- transfigureChange appearance dramatically
ascend · elevate · sublimate · beatify · divine · enlighten · consecrate · exalt · glorify · hallow
vaporize
Convert to gas
disperse · diffuse · fade · dissolve · vanish · dematerialize · volatilize · attenuate · rarify · thin
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gauzyThin and transparent
sheer · featherlight · airy · translucent · filmy · tenuous · lacy · filigree · silken · finespun
etherealizesolidify
Make or become hard
materialize · ground · densify · condense · substantiate
etherealizeconcretize
Make abstract things tangible
reify · realize · actualize · instantiate · particularize