seraphic
/se'ræfik/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a sweet, innocent, or angelic nature: Describes someone or something that possesses an exceptionally pure, gentle, or blissful quality, reminiscent of an angel.
- Of or relating to a seraph: Pertaining to the highest order of angels, known as seraphim, often associated with light, ardor, and purity.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The child's seraphic smile instantly calmed everyone in the room.
- She had a seraphic expression as she listened to the choir.
- The painting depicted a seraphic being with six wings, as described in religious texts.
Advanced Usage
- Seraphic beauty/quality: Used to describe beauty or a quality that is divinely pure and ethereal.
- The music possessed a seraphic quality that transported the audience.
- Seraphic calm/peace: Describes a state of profound, angelic tranquility.
- A seraphic peace descended upon the garden at dusk.
Variants and Related Words
- Seraphically (adverb): In a seraphic manner.
- She smiled seraphically at the newborn.
- Seraph (noun): A type of celestial being or angel of the highest order.
- The prophet described a vision of a seraph.
Synonyms
- Angelic: Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
- Cherubic: Having the innocent, plump sweetness of a cherub (a type of angelic being).
- Beatific: Showing great happiness and peace, often in a saintly way.
- Ethereal: Extremely delicate and light, seeming too perfect for this world.
Antonyms
- Demonic: Resembling or characteristic of a demon or evil spirit.
- Fiendish: Extremely cruel or unpleasant; devilish.
- Malevolent: Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A seraphic countenance: A literary phrase for an angelic facial expression.
- Despite the chaos, the monk maintained a seraphic countenance.
Adjective
- having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
- an angelic smile
- a cherubic face
- looking so seraphic when he slept
- a sweet disposition
- of or relating to an angel of the first order
- he imagined a seraphic presence in the room