sublime
- sublime
- [[t]səbla͟ɪm[/t]]
1)
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (approval) If you describe something as
sublime, you mean that it has a wonderful quality that affects you deeply. [LITERARY]
Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie.
...the sublime beauty of nature.
Syn:
Derived words:
sublimely ADV usu ADV adj ...the most sublimely beautiful of all living things.
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PHRASE: PHR after
v If you describe something as going
from the sublime to the ridiculous, you mean that it involves a change from something very good or serious to something silly or unimportant.
At times the show veered from the sublime to the ridiculous.
N-SING: the N
You can refer to sublime things as
the sublime.
She elevated every rare small success to the sublime.
2)
ADJ: usu ADJ
n (
emphasis) You can use
sublime to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, usually a quality that is undesirable or negative. [FORMAL or LITERARY]
The administration's sublime incompetence is probably temporary...
It was not that Flavio was unable to distinguish between right and wrong. It was simply that he displayed a sublime indifference to the distinction.
Derived words:
sublimely ADV usu ADV adj Mrs Trollope was sublimely uninterested in what she herself wore.
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sublime — [ syblim ] adj. et n. m. • 1461; « sublimé » t. d alchim. v. 1400; lat. sublimis « élevé dans les airs, haut » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui est très haut, dans la hiérarchie des valeurs (morales, esthétiques); qui mérite l admiration. ⇒ 1. beau, divin, élevé … Encyclopédie Universelle
sublimé — sublime [ syblim ] adj. et n. m. • 1461; « sublimé » t. d alchim. v. 1400; lat. sublimis « élevé dans les airs, haut » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui est très haut, dans la hiérarchie des valeurs (morales, esthétiques); qui mérite l admiration. ⇒ 1. beau,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sublime — Sub*lime , a. [Compar. {Sublimer}; superl. {Sublimest}.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F. sublime. Cf. {Eliminate}.] 1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sublime — SUBLIME. adj. de tout genre. Haut, relevé. Il n a d usage que dans les choses morales ou qui regardent l esprit. Estre dans un degré sublime. c est un homme d un merite sublime. un genie sublime. esprit sublime. pensée sublime. stile sublime. les … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Sublime — may refer to:* Sublime (band) ** their third album Sublime (album) * Sublime (philosophy) * Sublime (Wildstorm), the DV8 superhero * Sublime (comics), the X Men supervillain * Sublime (film), a 2007 horror movie * Sublime (song), a 2002 single by … Wikipedia
sublime — (adj.) 1580s, expressing lofty ideas in an elevated manner, from M.Fr. sublime, from L. sublimis uplifted, high, lofty, possibly originally sloping up to the lintel, from sub up to + limen lintel. The sublime the sublime part of anything is from… … Etymology dictionary
sublimé — sublimé, ée (su bli mé, mée) part. passé de sublimer. 1° Qui est le produit de la sublimation. • On y verra les matières calcaires calcinées, le fer et les autres métaux sublimés en safran, en litharge, BUFF. Min. t. III, p. 72. • Chercher… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
sublime — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que tiene gran belleza o calidad moral o intelectual: una sublime composición musical, un orador sublime, un sublime escritor. Esta mujer realizaba una obra sublime con los pobres y enfermos … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
sublime — [sə blīm′] adj. [L sublimus < sub , up to + limen, lintel (hence, orig. up to the lintel): see LIMEN] 1. noble; exalted; majestic 2. inspiring awe or admiration through grandeur, beauty, etc. 3. Informal outstandingly or supremely such [a man… … English World dictionary
Sublime — Жанры регги альтернативный рок панк рок ска панк даб хип хоп Годы 1988 1996 2011 … Википедия
Sublime — Sub*lime , n. That which is sublime; with the definite article; as: (a) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions. [1913 Webster] The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
