Sublimity
noun
The quality of being majestic, grand or very impressive.
The sublimity of the mountain range leaves visitors in awe.
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- achieve sublimity
- perceive sublimity
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Academic
noun
The quality of showing great moral or spiritual worth.
The sublimity of his charity work is admired by all.
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- demonstrate sublimity
- exhibit sublimity
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Literary
noun
The quality of being majestic, grand or very impressive.
The sublimity of the mountain range leaves visitors in awe.
Often appears as...
- achieve sublimity
- perceive sublimity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The quality of showing great moral or spiritual worth.
The sublimity of his charity work is admired by all.
Often appears as...
- demonstrate sublimity
- exhibit sublimity
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Nature's Grandeur
Use 'sublimity' to describe breathtaking natural scenes that overwhelm the senses.
The sublimity of the sunset over the ocean touched everyone deeply.
Pro Tip 2/3Impressive Architecture
Apply 'sublimity' to human-made structures that inspire awe due to their size, beauty, or complexity.
Visitors marvel at the sublimity of the ancient cathedral's design.
Pro Tip 3/3Arts and Performance
'Sublimity' can refer to the profound effect of music, art, or performance with overwhelming emotional impact.
The sublimity of the symphony moved the audience to tears.
Compare with
elevateexcellencegrandeurloftinessmagnificencemajestynoblessesplendourtranscendence
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Drawings that show the...
with a place you might never have the chance to visit. I choose to convey the beauty as opposed to the devastation. If you can experience the sublimity of these landscapes, perhaps you'll be inspired to protect and preserve them.
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with a place you might never have the chance to visit. I choose to convey the beauty as opposed to the devastation. If you can experience the sublimity of these landscapes, perhaps you'll be inspired to protect and preserve them.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
Grandeur and sublimity, not softness, are the features of Estes Park. The glades which begin so softly are soon lost in the dark primaeval forests, with their peaks of rosy granite and their stretches of granite blocks piled and poised by nature in some mood of fury.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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Henry Miller
American Author
When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.
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Fisher Ames
American Statesman
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Montesquieu
French Philosopher
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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Norman Douglas
British Writer
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
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Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
Grandeur and sublimity, not softness, are the features of Estes Park. The glades which begin so softly are soon lost in the dark primaeval forests, with their peaks of rosy granite and their stretches of granite blocks piled and poised by nature in some mood of fury.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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Henry Miller
American Author
When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.
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Fisher Ames
American Statesman
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Montesquieu
French Philosopher
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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Norman Douglas
British Writer
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
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Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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