Alt. of Seraphical
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
3. Pure; refined from sensuality.
4. Burning or inflamed with love or zeal. Thus St. Bonaventure was called the seraphic doctor.
The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.
Pleasurableness Roget’s Thesaurus §829
N. pleasurableness, pleasantness, agreeableness, pleasure giving, jucundity, delectability, amusement, attraction, attractiveness, attractability, invitingness, harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability, winsomeness, loveliness, sunny side, bright side, sweets, goodness, manna in the wilderness, land flowing with milk and honey, bittersweet, fair weather, treat, regale, dainty, titbit, tidbit, nuts, sauce piquante
V. cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure, please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise, gladden, take, captivate, fascinate, enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch, enravish, bless, beatify, satisfy, gratify, desire, &c. 865, slake, satiate, quench, indulge, humor, flatter, tickle, tickle the palate, regale, refresh, enliven, treat, amuse, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy, meet one's wishes, win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart, do one's heart good, attract, allure, stimulate, interest, make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten
Adj. causing pleasure, laetificant, pleasure-giving, pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable, agreeable, grateful, gratifying, leef|, lief, acceptable, welcome, welcome as the roses in may, welcomed, favorite, to one's taste, to one's mind, to one's liking, satisfactory, refreshing, comfortable, cordial, genial, glad, gladsome, sweet, delectable, nice, dainty, delicate, delicious, dulcet, luscious, palatable, luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, attractive, inviting, prepossessing, engaging, winning, winsome, taking, fascinating, captivating, killing, seducing, seductive, heart-robbing, alluring, enticing, appetizing, cheering, bewitching, enchanting, entrancing, enravishing, charming, delightful, felicitous, exquisite, lovely, ravishing, rapturous, heartfelt, thrilling, ecstatic, beatic, beatific, seraphic, empyrean, elysian, palmy, halcyon, saturnian
Phr. decies repetita placebit, "charms strike the sight but merit wins the soul", "sweetness and light", beauty is only skin deep
Virtue Roget’s Thesaurus §944
N. virtue, virtuousness, morality, moral rectitude, integrity, nobleness, morals, ethics, cardinal virtues, merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit, self-control, self-denial, well-doing, good actions, good behavior, discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty, well-spent life, innocence
V. be virtuous, practice virtue, do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty, redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise, act well, act one's part, fight the good fight, acquit oneself well, command one's passions, master one's passions, keep in the right path, set an example, set a good example, be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior
Adj. virtuous, good, innocent, meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct, dutiful, duteous, moral, right, righteous, right- minded, well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy, above all praise, beyond all praise, excellent, admirable, sterling, pure, noble, whole-souled, exemplary, matchless, peerless, saintly, saint-like, heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike
Adv. virtuously &c, adj, e merito
Phr. esse quam videri bonus malebat, schonheit vergeht tugend besteht, "virtue the greatest of all monarchies", virtus laudatur et alget, virtus vincit invidiam
Angel Roget’s Thesaurus §977
Piety Roget’s Thesaurus §987
N. piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, body and blood of christ, believer, convert, theist, christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, saint, madonna, notre dame, our lady, the children of god, the children of the kingdom, the children of the light
V. be pious, have faith, believe, receive christ, revere, be converted &c. convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine
Adj. pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, christian, catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth
Phr. ne vile fano, "pure-eyed faith . . . thou hovering angel girt with golden wings"
No Bible verses found for "seraphic".