Ethereal in English dictionary

  • ethereal

    Meanings and definitions of "Ethereal"

    • Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
    • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
    • Delicate, light and airy.
    • adjective
      Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
    • adjective
      Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
    • adjective
      Delicate, light and airy.
    • adjective
      (chemistry) To do with ether
    • Light, airy, or tenuous.
    • Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere
    • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy
    • Delicate, light and airy
    • adjective
      characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
    • adjective
      characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
    • adjective
      of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
    • adjective
      of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"

    Synonyms of "Ethereal" in English dictionary

    aery, inhalation anaesthetic, celestial are the top synonyms of "Ethereal" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Ethereal

    • ethereal ( comparative more ethereal, superlative most ethereal)
    • ethereal (comparative more ethereal, superlative most ethereal)
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