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say it: suh-BLAHYM
sublime is an adjective and verb meaning "inspiring awe". It is pronounced /səˈblaɪm/ — suh-BLAHYM. It carries 7 recorded senses.
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
“an exalted ideal”
“argue in terms of high-flown ideals”
“a noble and lofty concept”
“a grand purpose”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sublime come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.