beatific
/,bi:ə'tifik/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by or expressing supreme happiness or bliss: Describes a state of perfect joy, often with a spiritual or saintly quality.
- Showing or producing a state of blessedness: Suggests an expression or effect that is angelic, saintly, or divinely blissful.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The monk had a beatific smile as he meditated.
- She wore a beatific expression upon hearing the good news.
- The painting depicted a scene of beatific peace.
Advanced Usage
- "Beatific vision": In Christian theology, this phrase refers to the direct, immediate knowledge of God enjoyed by the blessed in heaven, which is the source of ultimate happiness.
- The mystic wrote about her experience of the beatific vision.
Variants and Related Words
- Beatifically (adverb): In a beatific manner.
- She smiled beatifically at the newborn child.
- Beatify (verb): In the Roman Catholic Church, to declare (a deceased person) to be in a state of bliss, constituting the first step toward canonization.
- The Pope will beatify the nun next year.
Synonyms
- Blissful: Full of or characterized by bliss.
- Rapturous: Characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
- Ecstatic: Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
- Angelic: Resembling an angel in purity, beauty, etc.
- Saintly: Very holy or virtuous.
Antonyms
- Miserable: Wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.
- Despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
- Morose: Sullen and ill-tempered.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A beatific smile/expression/calm: A common collocation used to describe a facial expression or atmosphere of serene, profound happiness.
- Despite the chaos around her, she maintained a beatific calm.
Adjective
- marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- angelic beneficence
- a beatific smile
- a saintly concern for his fellow men
- my sainted mother
- experiencing or bestowing celestial joy
- beatific peace