1. of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe
2. extreme or unparalleled in some bad or undesirable way
Usage: often ironic

1. to change directly from a solid to a gas without becoming liquid
Usage: chemistry; physics

Examples

• The view from the mountain peak was absolutely sublime.
• Mozart’s music has a sublime quality that moves listeners to tears.
• His sublime ignorance of basic facts was shocking.
• The sunset painted the sky in sublime colors.
• Dry ice will sublime at room temperature.
• The sublime beauty of the cathedral left visitors speechless.
• She showed sublime confidence in her abilities.