Sublimate

//ˈsʌblɪmeɪt//

Synonyms for "sublimate" (105 found)

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Verb(2 words)
sublimeaprimorate

Strong matches (32)

Verb(2 words)
distildistill

Related words (52)

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similar

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Translations

62 translations across 23 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пречиствам verb (to purify or refine (a substance))
  • сублимирам verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Catalan

2 entries
  • sublimar verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimar verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 升華 /升华 verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Czech

2 entries
  • sublimovat verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimovat verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)

Danish

1 entries
  • sublimere verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haihduttaa verb (to purify or refine (a substance))
  • sublimoida verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimoida verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)
  • sublimoida verb (to purify or refine (a substance))

French

4 entries
  • honorer verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)
  • sublimer verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimer verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)
  • sublimer verb (to purify or refine (a substance))

German

2 entries
  • sublimieren verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimieren verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • elillan verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • szublimál verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 昇華させる verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • 昇華させる verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)

Korean

1 entries
  • 승화하다 verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • возвишува verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • сублими́ра verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakahaurehu verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • whāhaurehu verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Persian

1 entries
  • بخار کردن verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • sublimar verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimar verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)
  • sublimar verb (to purify or refine (a substance))
  • sublimar verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)

Russian

4 entries
  • возвы́сить verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)
  • возвыша́ть verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)
  • возгна́ть verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • возгоня́ть verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sublimirati verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimirati verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)
  • sublimirati verb (to purify or refine (a substance))
  • sublimirati verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)

Slovene

1 entries
  • veličasten verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Spanish

4 entries
  • sublimar verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimar verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)
  • sublimar verb (to purify or refine (a substance))
  • sublimar verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förädla verb (to purify or refine (a substance))
  • sublimera verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)
  • sublimera verb (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner)
  • upphöja verb (to raise (someone) to a high office or status)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lakdasingawin verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Thai

1 entries
  • ระเหิด verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thăng hoa verb (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Foreigners extol the American "energy" […] Basically it is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural dislocations which must be, for the most part, ferociously sublimated. This energy has mainly been sublimated into crude materialism and acquisitiveness.

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When he got home from the parade, however, Professor Solanka was seized by melancholy, his usual secret sadness, which he sublimated into the public sphere. Something was amiss with the world. The optimistic peace-and-love philosophy of his youth having given him up, he no longer knew how to reconcile himself to an increasingly phoney […] reality.

Source: wiktionary

The precepts of Christianity are […] so apt […] to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.

Source: wiktionary

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