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单词 empyrean
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empyrean

1 of 2

adjective

em·​py·​re·​an ˌem-ˌpī-ˈrē-ən How to pronounce empyrean (audio)
-pə-;
em-ˈpir-ē-ən How to pronounce empyrean (audio)
-ˈpī-rē-
: empyreal

empyrean

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light
b
: the true and ultimate heavenly paradise
2
: firmament, heavens
3
: an ideal place or state

Synonyms

Adjective

  • celestial
  • elysian
  • empyreal
  • ethereal
  • heavenly
  • supernal

Noun

  • above
  • bliss
  • elysian fields
  • Elysium
  • heaven
  • kingdom come
  • New Jerusalem
  • paradise
  • sky
  • Zion
  • Sion
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Example Sentences

Adjective movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music Noun ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
At their best, Harjo’s poems inform each other, linking her different modes, facilitating her tendency to zoom from a personal experience to a more empyrean one. Maya Phillips, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2019 Louis leaves Prior, drawing the first line in a pattern of abandonment that informs the entire play, and finally stretches all the way into the empyrean kingdom of an absent God. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2018 Our badges looked different, we were afforded fewer privileges, and we were certainly kept in the dark about The Algorithm (pause for heavenly-choir noise effect) and other such empyrean secrets. Lucas Peterson, GQ, 22 May 2017
Noun
Betts is part of the Sox Sensation club with Fred Lynn and Nomar Garciaparra, all wildly popular and productive players who turned out to be supernovas streaking across the Boston baseball empyrean instead of franchise polestars. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022 O’Keeffe places the viewer aloft, level with the bone, high up in the empyrean. Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 Unfortunately, for those who see Mr. Donnelly’s empyrean status less as the result of an Immaculate Kawnception and more as another harbinger of Artistic Kawpocalypse, the show will do little to change previous conceptions about him or his art. Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2021 That could quickly propel a few black schools into the athletic empyrean, and change the place of HBCUs in American culture. Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2019 Grahm reaches for the empyrean, and Locke brings him back to earth, a table full of wine bottles between them. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018 Grahm reaches for the empyrean, and Locke brings him back to earth, a table full of wine bottles between them. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018 But even in the empyrean reaches of premium cable, Shondaland has a voice. Wesley Morris And James Poniewozik, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2016 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

empyrean 1 of 2

adjective

as in celestial
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • celestial
  • heavenly
  • empyreal
  • angelic
  • blissful
  • elysian
  • supernal
  • angelical
  • transcendental
  • ethereal
  • cosmic
  • transcendent
  • supernatural
  • beatific
  • unworldly
  • utopian
  • galactic
  • unearthly
  • cosmical
  • paradisiacal
  • Olympian
  • stellar
  • paradisiac

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • infernal
  • chthonian
  • earthly
  • chthonic
  • hellish
  • terrestrial
  • worldly
  • mundane
  • sulfurous
  • plutonian
  • Tartarean
  • dystopian
  • anti-utopian
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empyrean

2 of 2

noun

1
as in sky
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sky
  • bliss
  • heaven
  • paradise
  • above
  • glory
  • elysian fields
  • nirvana
  • Zion
  • kingdom come
  • on high
  • Sion
  • Elysium
  • otherworld
  • New Jerusalem
  • afterworld
  • afterlife
  • promised land
  • Valhalla
  • Beulah
  • hereafter
  • happy hunting ground

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • inferno
  • hell
  • perdition
  • purgatory
  • netherworld
  • limbo
  • underworld
  • abyss
  • Pandemonium
  • Gehenna
  • hades
  • pit
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2
as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • utopia
  • paradise
  • heaven
  • nirvana
  • fantasyland
  • wonderland
  • blissfulness
  • arcadia
  • promised land
  • Shangri-la
  • bliss
  • lotusland
  • dreamland
  • fairyland
  • Garden of Eden
  • Sion
  • Cockaigne
  • joy
  • Eden
  • dreamworld
  • Elysium
  • Zion
  • Camelot
  • never-never land
  • blessedness
  • New Jerusalem
  • euphoria
  • gladness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dystopia
  • hell
  • anti-utopia
  • fool's paradise
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