AskDefine | Define angelic

Dictionary Definition

angelic adj
1 marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic benificence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother" [syn: angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted]
2 of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn: angelical]
3 having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]

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English

Etymology

From angelicus, from sc=polytonic, sc=polytonic, from sc=polytonic, sc=polytonic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

Synonyms

Translations

belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel

Extensive Definition

The term Angelic may refer to:

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, admirable, adorable, archangelic, beatified, blameless, canonized, caressable, celestial, charming, cherubic, childlike, clear, cuddlesome, dovelike, faultless, glorified, godlike, godly, godly-minded, good, guiltless, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, honest, in glory, in the clear, incorrupt, innocent, just, kissable, lamblike, likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, martyred, moral, not guilty, offenseless, otherworldly, prelapsarian, pristine, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, redeemed, reproachless, right-minded, righteous, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sans reproche, saved, seraphic, sinless, spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, sweet, uncorrupted, undefiled, unearthly, unfallen, unlapsed, untouched by evil, unworldly, upright, virtuous, winning, winsome, with clean hands, without reproach
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