numinous

nu·mi·nous

adj \ˈnü-mə-nəs, ˈnyü-\

Definition of NUMINOUS

1

: supernatural, mysterious

2

: filled with a sense of the presence of divinity : holy

3

: appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense : spiritual

— nu·mi·nous·ness \-nəs\ noun

Examples of NUMINOUS

1. Her poetry is filled with a numinous beauty.
2. <some have sensed a numinous energy in the landscape around Sedona, Arizona>

Origin of NUMINOUS

Latin numin-, numen numen

First Known Use: 1647

Related to NUMINOUS

Synonyms: magic, magical, mystic, occult, weird

Related Words: bewitched, enchanted, spellbound; bewitching, charming, conjuring, enchanting, wiling; amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, stunning, stupendous, sublime, wondrous; divining, forecasting, foreknowing, foreseeing, foretelling, fortune-telling, predicting, presaging, prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying; metaphysical, preternatural, unearthly; paranormal, supernormal

Near Antonyms: commonplace, everyday, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

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Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with NUMINOUS

luminous