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 One of her first major events saw Swift in this angelic empire-waist gown, worn to pick up her trophy for Best New Female Vocalist. — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026 That same year, Jim Hubbard’s Elegy in the Streets featured Rollerena as an almost angelic presence. — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026 An early example of internet-viral fame, the then-47-year-old unemployed charity worker from rural Scotland delighted viewers and judges with her powerful, angelic voice and charm. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 29 May 2026 One lucky superyacht owner just got a rather angelic delivery. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 May 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
  • To the right, there’s a guy with a beatific smile who seems to be enjoying more than the snake, an enormous gun propped vertically between his legs.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 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
  • Varsha is a pretty, cherubic girl with nut-brown eyes, short black braids and a sparkling smile that lights up her whole face.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • And for anyone who follows mom-fluencers online, with their perfect kitchens, nutritious meals, cherubic offspring and seemingly perfect lives.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Definition of cherubic
Adjective
  • The Nautilus’s overwater Solasta Spa also specializes in couples’ treatments, including a range of blissful three-hour Spa Journeys that target issues like stress or immunity.
    — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
  • This waterproof speaker delivers just the right amount of sound for a blissful night’s sleep.
    — Clay Abney, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026
Definition of blissful
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  • Penelope, for instance, is depicted in the poem as ever patient and virtuous while waiting for her husband to return.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • White Southerners are victims, and the KKK is made up of virtuous saviors.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of virtuous
Adjective
  • Whenever a transcendent athlete emerges, everyone around them has a chance to grow with them.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Walt Whitman sang the country an idea of itself, and Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson mythologized the transcendent individual.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of transcendent
Adjective
  • The Supreme Court, Markey said, failed a moral test by allowing the president to end the humanitarian program.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • The campfire became a place where memory, music and moral knowledge passed between generations.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of moral
Adjective
  • Stablecoins have become one of crypto’s most transcendental inventions.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Some participants even characterize their experiences as transcendental, ecstatic, or spiritual.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Definition of transcendental
Adjective
  • The classic sky sight comes as the Perseid meteor shower begins — one of 2026’s celestial highlights.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Identified by French astrologer André Barbault — whose work examined how slow-moving planetary cycles correspond with larger historical developments — the celestial pattern pinpoints a period of intense collective change.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of celestial

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