Sublimity

Definition

sublime /sǝ'blaÇm/ adj ၁။ ( usu rhet ) ရင္သပ္႐ႈေမာဖြယ္ရာ။ အံ့မခန္းဖြယ္ရာ။ ျမင့္ျမတ္ေသာ။ sublime beauty/scenery ❍ her sublime devotion to the cause ❍ ( infml ) The food was absolutely sublime. ၂။ ( often derog ) လံုးဝ(သတိတရား လက္လြတ္ေသာ၊ သတိတရားကင္းမဲ့ေသာ စသည္)။ He shows sublime indifference to the sufferings of others. ❏ from the sublime to the ridiculous [ IDM ] ခ်ိန္ေတာ့မိုး၊ ထိုးေတာ့ေျမႀကီး။ အေျပာကေတာ့ ေရႊမန္း၊ ထြက္လာေတာ့ ခ်ဳိမိုင္မိုင္။ ❏ sublimely adv ထူးထူးျခားျခား။ လံုးဝ။ ရင္သပ္႐ႈေမာ ရေလာက္ေအာင္။ be sublimely happy/indifferent ❍ play the piano sublimely. sublimity /sǝ'blÇmǝti/ n [U]

Examples

1. ‘The sublime beauty of it all
2. Mann tells us
3. is ‘too much
4. too blest for sinful mortals’.’
5. ‘The park also presents a curious mix of the sublime and ridiculous
6. and sometimes
7. quite bizarre
8. so you really do need a receptive mind.’
9. ‘He dropped one scoring pass and shortly after the full-back went from the sublime to the ridiculous in a matter of minutes.’
10. ‘This valley of hellish heat and human misery is also a place of stark
11. sublime beauty.’
12. ‘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?’
13. ‘This and other personality tests - varying from the sublime to the ridiculous - are also available via the link above.’
14. ‘When Beethoven is out of fashion
15. that is because people are afraid of drama and of sublime emotions.’
16. ‘His final album is a masterpiece of raw emotions
17. sublime melodies
18. and achingly beautiful lyrics.’
19. ‘Relying on his emotions as a stimulus
20. Lepe's work is both sublime and intuitive.’
21. ‘The sublime jostled with the ridiculous for attention as Edmonton's Thespians donned their finest plumage to dazzle
22. bewilder and delight.’
23. ‘The country boasts a sublime natural beauty
24. with the Red River Delta in the north
25. the Mekong Delta in the south and a patchwork coastal strip of brilliant green rice paddies.’
26. ‘From the sublime to the ridiculous and truly perplexing I thought I'd share them with you.’
27. ‘It touches everything from the sublime to the ridiculous.’
28. ‘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.’
29. ‘This is an unashamedly bombastic work but one cannot help being moved by the grandeur and sublime beauty of the piece.’
30. ‘Themes varied from the sublime to the ridiculous but citizens supported it in force.’
31. ‘The sublime (as distinct from the merely pleasurable) is not primarily a matter of reflection and comparison.’
32. ‘In each religion we discover the interweaving of the sublime and the ridiculous
33. the liberatory and the oppressive
34. the radical and the conventional.’
35. ‘In the ensuing furore
36. the arguments put forward on both sides have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.’
37. ‘I have heard and reviewed many great performances of this sublime work but this must take the cake for emotional intensity.’