beatific

adjective

Definition of beatificnext
as in cheerful
formal showing complete happiness The First Lady's beatific smile greeted the schoolchildren visiting the White House.

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Recent Examples of beatific From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place that glides serenely along beneath a beatific sun. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 Beyond the shock of the first episode, when nearly all the people on Earth are converted into a hive mind with the same beatific smile, it’s been hard to think about the Others as devious or even foreign creatures. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2025 A bit of a drive further on Santa Monica offers the beatific resting place of many stars, Hollywood Forever Cemetery. — Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 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 See All Example Sentences for beatific
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatific
  1. cheerful
  2. smiling
  3. joyful
  4. blissful
  5. ecstatic
  6. delighted
  7. rapturous
  8. happy
Adjective
  • At a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in 2012, their cheerful father-son bond shines among the crowd.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Eva Chen’s table-and-stool set makes the most of this fleeting chapter with sculptural silhouettes, cheerful colors, and four whimsical stools—each with its own shape—that let everyone claim their own seat.
    — Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2026
Definition of cheerful
Adjective
  • Women in black hijabs and abayas, many wearing badges depicting Zahra’s smiling face, lined the streets as men prayed over her casket, placed outside the Husseiniya, a Shiite hall.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of smiling
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  • From cute to hilarious and sometimes even weird, this year’s selection highlights joyful, inventive images.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • News to Know If there was some new big furor involving the WNBA this weekend, it was overshadowed by the league’s joyful celebration of its 30th season.
    — Matt Piper, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of joyful
Adjective
  • Here, too, there were echoes of Keegan’s blissful early days, when queues snaked outside the stadium hours before kick-off and every victory felt like alchemy.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Cataldi retired in 2022, at the end of an uncomfortably blissful year in which the Phillies made the World Series and the Eagles went to the Super Bowl.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of blissful
Adjective
  • But the Deadheads also evince an honest yearning for something that’s tribal, primitive, sacred, ancient, shamanic, ecstatic.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • Produced by Meath and Sanborn, the album is said to pair environmental dread and personal upheaval with ecstatic dance music.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 21 July 2026
Definition of ecstatic
Adjective
  • As much as the couples appreciate the celebrities’ gestures, the stars often seem just as delighted to be included.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • The audience was delighted to be coaxed, delighted to hear from Goldberg herself.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of delighted
Adjective
  • This week’s rapturous After Dark selection also reminded me of something hopeful a dear friend said recently.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • Or Ada, the focus of Desacroux’s ardor and obsession after a rapturous night five years prior?
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of rapturous
Adjective
  • But when her daughter, Nova, started an apprenticeship as a tattoo artist, Grooms, now in her early 60s, was happy to let her practice on her skin.
    — Rachel Brown Kirkland, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • Staff are genuinely friendly, outgoing, and happy to recommend their favorite haunts in town.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Definition of happy

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