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Adjective sublime has 3 senses
- empyreal, empyrean, sublime - inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
Antonyms: inglorious, dishonorable (indirect, via glorious)
- revered, reverenced, reverend, sublime, venerated - worthy of adoration or reverence
Antonym: profane (indirect, via sacred)
- sublime - lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
Antonym: dejected (indirect, via elated)
Verb sublime has 2 senses
- sublime, sublimate - vaporize and then condense right back again
--1 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
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- sublime, sublimate - change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
--2 is one way to gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
Sample sentences:
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