sublime

/səˈblʌɪm/

US pronunciation

American sound/səˈblʌɪm/

səˈblʌɪm

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

sə - ˈblʌɪm -> sublime

Myanmar meaning

အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး ဖြစ်သော ၊ အံ့သြတုန်လှုပ်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။

Full entry

sublime /sǝ'blaÇm/ adj

၁။ (usu rhet ) ရင်သပ်ရှုမောဖွယ်ရာ။ အံ့မခန်းဖွယ်ရာ။ မြင့်မြတ်သော။ sublime beauty/scenery ❍ her sublime devotion to the cause ❍ (infml ) The food was absolutely sublime.
၂။ (often derog ) လုံးဝ(သတိတရား လက်လွတ်သော၊ သတိတရားကင်းမဲ့သော စသည်)။ He shows sublime indifference to the sufferings of others.
❏ from the sublime to the ridiculous [IDM ] ချိန်တော့မိုး၊ ထိုးတော့မြေကြီး။ အပြောကတော့ ရွှေမန်း၊ ထွက်လာတော့ ချိုမိုင်မိုင်။
❏ sublimely adv ထူးထူးခြားခြား။ လုံးဝ။ ရင်သပ်ရှုမော ရလောက်အောင်။ be sublimely happy/indifferent ❍ play the piano sublimely.
sublimity /sǝ'blÇmǝti/ n [U]

More examples

‘The sublime beauty of it all, Mann tells us, is ‘too much, too blest for sinful mortals’.’
‘The park also presents a curious mix of the sublime and ridiculous, and sometimes, quite bizarre, so you really do need a receptive mind.’
‘He dropped one scoring pass and shortly after the full-back went from the sublime to the ridiculous in a matter of minutes.’
‘This valley of hellish heat and human misery is also a place of stark, sublime beauty.’
‘Where can one who rejects the alternative of the sublime horror or the ridiculous degradation seek the image of a man with a reason to fight for a this-worldly ideal?’
‘This and other personality tests - varying from the sublime to the ridiculous - are also available via the link above.’
‘When Beethoven is out of fashion, that is because people are afraid of drama and of sublime emotions.’
‘His final album is a masterpiece of raw emotions, sublime melodies, and achingly beautiful lyrics.’
‘Relying on his emotions as a stimulus, Lepe's work is both sublime and intuitive.’
‘The sublime jostled with the ridiculous for attention as Edmonton's Thespians donned their finest plumage to dazzle, bewilder and delight.’
‘The country boasts a sublime natural beauty, with the Red River Delta in the north, the Mekong Delta in the south and a patchwork coastal strip of brilliant green rice paddies.’
‘From the sublime to the ridiculous and truly perplexing I thought I'd share them with you.’
‘It touches everything from the sublime to the ridiculous.’
‘They are creations of sublime visual beauty and sensuality; dreamlike chiaroscuro and stifling decorative excess form the backdrop for melodrama pervaded by a diffuse sexuality.’
‘This is an unashamedly bombastic work but one cannot help being moved by the grandeur and sublime beauty of the piece.’
‘Themes varied from the sublime to the ridiculous but citizens supported it in force.’
‘The sublime (as distinct from the merely pleasurable) is not primarily a matter of reflection and comparison.’
‘In each religion we discover the interweaving of the sublime and the ridiculous, the liberatory and the oppressive, the radical and the conventional.’
‘In the ensuing furore, the arguments put forward on both sides have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.’
‘I have heard and reviewed many great performances of this sublime work but this must take the cake for emotional intensity.’

Antonyms

bad, inferior, lowly, poor, ridiculous, second-rate, secondary