Divine
adj.joyful, calmwarm
What it means
Exceptionally pleasing or wonderful, or understood as belonging to a deity or the sacred.
Reach for it when expressing delighted admiration or referring respectfully to sacred origin
The bakery released a divine scent of orange, butter, and warm cardamom.
Choose between these
7- playful
when taste is the only source of pleasure
not when Delicious cannot praise music, weather, or sacred power.
- everyday
when broad enthusiastic approval is enough
not when Wonderful loses divine's intensity and sacred resonance.
- warm
when sensory pleasure invites a light sacred metaphor
not when Heavenly sounds playful and may be unsuitable for a literal religious claim.
- formal
when religious reverence is literally intended
not when Sacred means set apart or holy, not simply connected with a deity.
- formal
when beauty or excellence inspires awe
not when Sublime is cooler and more philosophical than delighted divine.
- literary
when refined beauty or flavor deserves precise praise
not when Exquisite emphasizes delicacy, not spiritual significance.
- literary
when conduct resembling divine goodness is meant
not when Godly usually describes piety or moral character, not origin.
Said against
3- earthly
- awful
- profane
It naturally appears in
3- divine inspiration
The poet described the sudden melody as divine inspiration.
- simply divine
The poached apricots were simply divine with cold cream.
- divine presence
Worshippers understood the stillness as a divine presence.
The word family
2Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, English adjective, senses 1 and 3: of a deity; extremely good opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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