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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Disrupting the possibility of cheerful solitude is both a stylistic and social shift, disturbing the film’s non-narrative serenity while depicting how dismantling the safety net displaces basic functions onto those least able to bear them.—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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The care home Marie-Lou runs is a sprawling establishment, with lush, cheerful grounds.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2026
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
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King Charles, Princess Anne and Prince William are the royal family members who currently helm the events, and Goulding shared a joyful message about her ceremony to remember on Wednesday.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Larry’s reunion with his wife and children at Anchorage was a joyful thing to watch, and the rest of us will never forget those phone calls to our families.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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Though in some sense this is a cautionary tale, the way that first Homer describes their attachment, and then Tennyson elaborates on their doomed, blissful apathy, is seductive in its own right.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Their debut album expands on their pop-meets-Panorama Bar ethos, landing on a blissful medium that will please casual heads and die-hard Front Left-ers alike.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Bryson Graham, the team’s new lead decision-maker, was ecstatic in the afterglow of the drawing.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Families rent crab pots and put their catch in plastic buckets held by delighted children.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Silvetti was delighted to score so quickly after entering the game in the second half after being stuck on the bench due to recent injuries.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Joined by her septet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Steven Reineke, Joy performed a medley of tunes — her own originals as well as standards and more obscure selections within the vocal jazz canon — to rapturous applause.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Princess Kate received a rapturous welcome at the city's town square from thousands of people who came out to see her.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Yes, The Comeback put on a happy face, for Valerie’s sake.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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The games, piled high on shelves and tables, actually had an organization system, something Carolyn was not used to but was quite happy about.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2026
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“Beatific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatific. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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