Beatific
adjective /ˌbiː.əˈtɪf.ɪk/ — Blissfully happy, as if touched by the divine
Definition
Blissful in a way that suggests beatitude — happiness so complete and serene it appears to come from some source beyond ordinary circumstances.
Beyond the definition
The expression of someone who has been somewhere the rest of us haven't reached. Beatific calm is not the calm of someone who hasn't noticed what's wrong — it is the calm of someone who has moved beyond it.
Origin & history
From Latin 'beatificus' — 'beatus' (blessed, happy) + 'facere' (to make). In theology, the beatific vision is the direct experience of God in heaven.
Example sentences
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She smiled a beatific smile that made everyone around her feel, briefly, that everything was fine.
There was something beatific in the old man's acceptance — not resignation, but genuine peace.
The monastery produced beatific faces. Whatever they were doing there was working.
How to use it
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Choose “Beatific” when the meaning fits your context: Blissful in a way that suggests beatitude — happiness so complete and serene it appears to come from some source beyond ordinary circumstances.
Synonyms
Antonyms
anguished, tormented, miserable
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Fictional scene
Complete Uninhibited Joy
An adult stands on a hilltop, arms raised to the sky, face turned toward the sun with a vast, open landscape stretching beyond them.
Beatific happiness is serene and comes from beyond ordinary circumstances. The subject's open-armed stance toward the sun and the vastness of the landscape visualizes a state of complete, uninhibited joy that feels transcendent, lifting the individual out of their daily surroundings and into a state of profound, peaceful spiritual elation.
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Questions about this word
What does "Beatific" mean?
Beatific is adjective meaning: Blissfully happy, as if touched by the divine. Blissful in a way that suggests beatitude — happiness so complete and serene it appears to come from some source beyond ordinary circumstances.
Where does the word "Beatific" come from?
From Latin 'beatificus' — 'beatus' (blessed, happy) + 'facere' (to make). In theology, the beatific vision is the direct experience of God in heaven.