Synonyms for sublimity
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being sublime.
- n. 2
Something sublime.
Forms
- Plural
- sublimities → sublimes, grandeurs, loftinesses, splendors…
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In speaking of the quality which produces this emotion, we call it grandeur when it springs from what is vast in space, power, etc.; we call it sublimity when it springs from what is elevated far above the ordinary incidents of humanity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- grandeur The ball was a spectacle of elegance and grandeur.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sublimity | steady | |
| sublimeness | steady | |
| grandeur | steady | |
| loftiness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- sublime2
- 8 letters
- grandeur2, splendor2
- 9 letters
- greatness2, splendour, loftiness
- 10 letters
- exaltation
- 11 letters
- sublimeness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sublime2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sublimité