| 单词 | beatific |
| 释义 | beatific (once / 8691 pages) adj That blissful grin on your face? It could be described as beatific, meaning it projects a peaceful sense of joy. If you have a beatific smile on your face, then the happiness it shows is the real thing. This word doesn’t describe phony smiles or quick grins that show a little amusement. Use beatific to describe something characterized by complete and perfect joy. It’s often used to describe a smile, but it can be used to describe anything in a state of bliss. WORD FAMILYbeatific: beatifically USAGE EXAMPLESThe movie ends, of course, with the immortal “That’ll do, pig,” and with Hoggett and Babe gazing beatifically at each other. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) Had my son been our only child, perhaps I might have smiled beatifically at the other mothers wondering why they couldn't sleep train our children. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) You remember Trolls — not the rude lurkers online writing nasty remarks, but those little toys with round tummies, beatific expressions and abundant hair shooting upward. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) 1adj marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint a beatific smile Syn angelic, angelical, sainted, saintlike, saintly good morally admirable 2adj experiencing or bestowing celestial joy beatific peace Syn joyful full of or producing joy |
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