sublime
Breathtakingly grand experience
Sublime describes something of such excellence or grandeur that it inspires awe—beauty, art, or nature so elevated it transcends ordinary experience: a sublime sunset over the mountains, Mozart's sublime compositions.
The word carries a sense of the overwhelming or transcendent.
In chemistry, to sublime is to pass directly from solid to gas without becoming liquid, as dry ice does.
The verb also means to elevate or refine something base into something pure or noble. (Capitalized Sublime refers to the text editor or band.)
Astonishingly beautiful or exciting
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
numinous · jaw-dropping · mind-blowing · astonishing · wondrous · staggering · humbling · overpowering
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- vastnessState of being immense
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- formlessLacking definite shape
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
incomprehensible · overpowering · limitless · chaos · tempest · abyss · chasm · thunderous
Surpassing usual limits
- divineOf or from gods
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- celestialOf the sky above
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
cosmic · mystical · nirvana · enlightenment · satori · moksha · epiphany · revelation
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- magnificentExceptionally beautiful or impressive
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- toweringOf imposing height
vast · immense · epic · imposing · stately · palatial · soaring · sweeping
Flawlessly crafted, delicate
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
perfection · elegance · grace · refinement · purity · delicacy · flawless · immaculate
Gaseous form of liquid
- solidFirm matter state
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
- transitionChange from one state
deposition · dry ice · iodine · purification · crystallization · heating · cooling · volatilization
breathtaking
Astonishingly beautiful or exciting
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
ineffable · numinous · jaw-dropping · mind-blowing · astonishing · wondrous · staggering · humbling · overpowering · stupefying
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
boundless · incomprehensible · overpowering · limitless · chaos · tempest · abyss · chasm · thunderous · cataclysmic
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
heavenly · cosmic · mystical · nirvana · enlightenment · satori · moksha · epiphany · revelation · bliss
majestic
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- magnificentExceptionally beautiful or impressive
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- colossalExtremely large in scale
towering · vast · immense · epic · imposing · stately · palatial · soaring · sweeping · panoramic
exquisite
Flawlessly crafted, delicate
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
resplendent · perfection · elegance · grace · refinement · purity · delicacy · flawless · immaculate · harmonious
vapor
Gaseous form of liquid
transition · deposition · dry ice · iodine · purification · crystallization · heating · cooling · volatilization · transformation
- nature spiritualitynature worship, pantheism, nature deities, sacred earth, paganism
- Romantic Eraromanticism, Beethoven symphonies, gothic fiction, Swan Lake, Nutcracker
- Mystic PoetryRumi, Hafiz, divine union, mystical union, sacred verse
- German RomanticismHoffmann, blue flower, Brothers Grimm, creative imagination, lieder
- Nietzschewill to power, overman, superman, slave morality, Zarathustra
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, ugly
sublimebase
Supporting bottom structure
ignoble · vile · contemptible · despicable · degenerate
sublimeridiculous
Inviting scorn through absurdity
mundane · ordinary · banal · trivial · pedestrian
- subliminal messagesStimuli below conscious detection
- subliminal messagingCommunication below conscious perception
- subliminal advertisingPromotion bypassing conscious perception
- subliminal adsBelow-threshold promotional messages
- the sublimeAwe mixed with terror
- Sublime PorteSultan's central administration
subliminal, sublimity, sublimate, sublimation, sublimely, sublimes, sublimated, subliming, sublimest