ANGELICAL Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

angelic

adjective

variants or angelical

Definition of angelic

as in beatific

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Recent Examples of angelic 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 This angelic and sculptural top captures exactly that feeling — evoking the delicate shape of butterfly or bird wings while balancing drama with softness. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for angelic

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Adjective

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
On the set that was apparently once a Jehovah’s Witness Headquarters, Lineker was beatific, anointing the next generation.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 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

Adjective

Medieval women who repaired church vestments and poor people’s clothes were considered virtuous.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
This creates a virtuous loop where those better decisions then generate the data that improves models further.

— Campbell Brown, Forbes.com, 10 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

But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral, and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal — or else risk her dark secrets being exposed.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Rather than uniting America’s founders, slavery divided the authors of both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence as a moral issue.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Definition of moral

Adjective

Some participants even characterize their experiences as transcendental, ecstatic, or spiritual.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
But in Soni’s careful translation, the repetitions and subtle variation of Verma’s poems also achieve a haunting, transcendental resonance.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of transcendental

Adjective

Before dawn on July 11, early risers will be treated to a striking celestial scene low in the east-northeast sky.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
On that note, with your celestial ruler, Venus, taking a dip in your sleepy 12th house of resting, retreating and surrendering to the ebb and flow of your spirit, you’re encouraged to slow down.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

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