angelic

adjective

variants or angelical
Definition of angelicnext
1
as in beatific

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as in cherubic

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Recent Examples of angelic In the first act, the elegant Bailey restrains his vocal power to transmit a gentler, more angelic quality to his sound. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2026 Best known for his angelic voice that plays on R&B and pop, WONHO seems to be testing out something new, bordering on dance, EDM, club, house, mellow pop, and hyper-pop. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Danko’s angelic voice sweetens every song, and the organ/piano fusion of Manuel and Hudson ties it all together. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026 Her nails, on the other hand (no pun intended), went in the opposite direction with a super-dark, short manicure, keeping the look from skewing too angelic. — Marci Robin, Allure, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for angelic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angelic
  1. beatific
  2. cherubic
  3. blissful
  4. virtuous
  5. transcendent
  6. moral
  7. transcendental
  8. celestial
Adjective
  • For this reason, Serrano’s work, with its uncannily beatific admixture of the sacred and the profane, recovers something of the original impact of Paul’s scandalous proclamation.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The rest of the band followed his lead, particularly Green, a relentless head-banger, dropping to her knees to become one with the feedback and leaning back into beatific shred-faces.
    — Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
Definition of beatific
Adjective
  • Hugs of greeting, hugs of restraint Adults who knew Christian Williams described him as a sweet and loving kid, with a round, cherubic face.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Her first crush was on the cherubic lead child actor in Meatballs, the one who requires the aid of camp counselor Bill Murray to learn self-respect.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of cherubic
Adjective
  • The black-and-white clip filmed by fashion photographer Mert Alas has the feel of blissful home video shot at the coolest party you will never get invited to.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Now Carrie enters public school for the very first time, and with the reemergence of formidable telekinetic abilities, her blissful naivety of girlhood and her wide-open heart make her easy prey for physical and online bullies.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of blissful
Adjective
  • Jang, meanwhile, begins the show as a brilliant and impeccably virtuous prosecutor who simply wants to serve his country and expunge the drug trade.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
  • All this creates a virtuous flywheel where more use of AI agents creates more demand for Dell’s servers, and vice versa.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of virtuous
Adjective
  • The tense and agonizing switch is a pure state of melodrama, a transcendent form of tragedy striking in the banal core of workaday society.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Even in space, hundreds of miles above Earth, hurtling at thousands of miles per hour, astronauts working hard to make progress for humanity are able to find brief moments of transcendent beauty.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of transcendent
Adjective
  • But horses still are shipped to Mexico or Canada for slaughter, so horse rescue operations see their job as a moral crusade.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • And moral cowards are those leaders who repeatedly go against and disrespect international law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of moral
Adjective
  • Call it transcendental, the character’s deepening sense of luminosity, the way his empathy heightens as his consciousness expands.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Users seeking transcendental sources of insight do not know or care how the oracle came up with its responses.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of transcendental
Adjective
  • On one canvas, a woman prunes a plant and a cook tends his stove atop amid a procession of celestial beings.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But already the thought tugged at me that the scales that had turned were not celestial, but legal, the workings of the same system condemned in the camp as corrupt and broken.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of celestial

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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angelic. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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