Beatific

//bɪəˈtɪfɪk// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Blessed, blissful, heavenly.

    "Since the physical body is really a filter which shuts out the psychic realms, when one is out of the body one is out of the protection of the wall: whatever one thinks is immediately experienced - nightmare or beatific vision."

  2. 2
    Having a benign appearance.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint wordnet
  2. 2
    experiencing or bestowing celestial joy wordnet

Synonyms

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heavenlyangelicangelicalangelicalbeamingbeatified

Example

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""A sun-drenched week, with temperatures between 30 and 35 degrees," purred the beatific voice from the radio presenting the weather forecast. "No doubt she sits every day in an air-conditioned studio," moaned Tom, the sweat pouring off him."

Etymology

From Latin beātificus (“making happy or blessed”), from beātus (“blessed”) + -ficus (“making”).

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