as in cheerful
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showing complete happiness
The First Lady's beatific smile greeted the schoolchildren visiting the White House.
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Recent Examples of beatific
A bit of a drive further on Santa Monica offers the beatific resting place of many stars, Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
There’s a certain beatific joyfulness in that song.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Then there’s the whistle cue when Quint is standing on the bow, oddly beatific in the midst of extraordinary peril.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Some of these enigmatic faces—their mouths curved into the suggestion of a smile, their eyes blank, their expressions somewhere between beatific and fearsome—have aged better than others over the centuries, but even the ones traced with lichen and chipped away by war and nature are spellbinding.
—Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
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Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
There’s a certain beatific joyfulness in that song.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Then there’s the whistle cue when Quint is standing on the bow, oddly beatific in the midst of extraordinary peril.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Some of these enigmatic faces—their mouths curved into the suggestion of a smile, their eyes blank, their expressions somewhere between beatific and fearsome—have aged better than others over the centuries, but even the ones traced with lichen and chipped away by war and nature are spellbinding.
—Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatific
Adjective
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Despite his serious voice, Gamboa highlighted González’s cheerful character.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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The cheerful flowers look lovely massed in perennial beds and are perfect for naturalizing into meadows and prairie plantings.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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As Thomas’ parents, Katina Smith and Bobby Thomas, unveiled their son’s smiling statue in the Broncos’ Ring of Fame Plaza last Sunday, as scores of his former teammates looked on in sadness and joy, Miller was 800 miles away in Dallas, gearing up for a game against the Cowboys.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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My mother’s world is held together by small, joyful acts of togetherness.—
Lucia Aronica,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Sometimes called America’s backyard, the South Lawn was until now known for low-contact sports and joyful events geared toward children or bipartisanship, like the annual Easter Egg Roll or the congressional picnic.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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The 35,000-square-foot spa is a blissful oasis, and thanks to the property’s majestic altitude at 8,200 feet, the views are nothing short of spectacular.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
10 Dec. 2025
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In Tehran’s underground art scene, two young women build a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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As the film’s dance sequences played in front of me before ending in an ecstatic, cathartic rave-release, I was reminded again of that hopeful feeling for what the future may hold.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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Christina Baanders-Decker and her husband, who run Midwest Cyclery in Westport, were ecstatic to learn the Dutch national team would call Kansas City home for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Your local animal shelter will be delighted to receive them as a donation.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
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The majority of the jokes come off as more asserted than delighted.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Five hundred fans broke into rapturous applause.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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The brand that started with a single backpack design on the streets of New York has hit the top five best-selling brand list on StockX — where audiences are paying above retail for the gear — and the brand's recent London Fashion Week debut was also received with rapturous applause.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The day shift also starts making factory-work jokes, with Rekha playing a perky do-bee who just wants to make the boss happy, and Lily adopting an agitator role, demanding workman’s comp and trying to spark revolt.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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“Beatific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatific. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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