Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and the poem which it is based on share a dreamy, ethereal, but nonetheless passionate feel.
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Ethereal
/ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
Synonyms for "ethereal" (286 found)
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discarnatedisembodieddominatingdownydreamlikeectoplasmicelevatedelysianeminentempyrealempyreanethericexaltedexposedextramundaneextraterrestrialfancifulfatuitousfatuousfeathery
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filmyfinefine drawnfine-drawnfinespunflimsyfluffyfoamyfragilefrailfrom on highfrothyfumingfumygaseousgasifiedgasiformgaslikegassygauzyghostishghostlikeghostlyghostygirlishglorifiedgodlikegossamergossamerygracilehaughtyheavenlyhighhigh pitchedhigh-pitchedhigh-reachinghigh-sethigh-upillusoryimaginaryimmaterialimpalpableimponderableimponderousin gloryincorporateincorporealineffableinsubstantialintangible
Adjective(10 words)
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lacylegerlightlight as airlighter than vanityloftymephiticmiasmalmiasmaticmiasmicmistymonumentalmountingmoussenonmaterialnonphysicaloccultolympianopen airopen-air
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otherworldlyouttoppingoverlookingovertoppingoxyacetyleneoxygenousozonicpaperyparadisaicparadisalparadisiacparadisicphantasmalphantasmicphantomphantomicphantomlikepneumaticprominentpsychicpsychicalrarerarefiedreekingreekyroomyseraphicshadowyslenderslenderishslightslight-madeslimslimmishslinkysmallsmokingsmokysoaringsoufflespecterlikespectralspiringspiritualspirituoussteamingsteamysteepsublimesubtilesubtlesuperlativesupernalsupernaturalsveltesylphliketenuousthinthin-bodiedthin-setthin-spunthinnedthinned-outthinnishthreadliketoplesstoploftytoppingtoweringtowerytranscendentaltransmundanetroposphericuncompactuncompressedunearthlyunembodiedunextendedunfleshlyunheavyunphysicalunrealunsubstantialunworldlyuplifteduprearedvaguevaporingvaporishvaporlikevaporousvaporyvolatilewasp waistedwasp-waistedwateredwatered downwatered-downwateryweakweightlesswillowywindywiredrawnwispywraithlikewraithyyeasty
Adjective(11 words)
moonlitmystic glowmysticalotherworldlyotherworldly visionseraphicsupernaltranscendentunworldlyvapourouswisplike
Noun(4 words)
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3 entriesaesthetic descriptorappearance descriptoratmospheric descriptor
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesethereal atmosphereethereal beautyethereal glowethereal lightethereal mistethereal music
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2 entriesmore etherealmost ethereal
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5 entriesSample sentences
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Miss Morrison is a little ethereal slip of a girl, with timid eyes and blond hair.
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She saw the bright sun and above her floated hundreds of beauteous ethereal beings through which she could see the white ship and the rosy heavens.
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In the Hindu religion, an "avatar" is an incarnation, in tangible human or animal form, of an ethereal deity.
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