beatific

[ bee-uh-tif-ik ]

adjective

1. bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like:

   beatific peace.

2. blissful; saintly:

   a beatific smile.

   Synonyms: rapturous, angelic, exalted, serene

beatific

/ ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk /

adjective

1. displaying great happiness, calmness, etc

   a beatific smile

2. of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness

Derived Forms

• ˌbeaˈtifically, adverb

Other Words From

• bea·tifi·cal·ly adverb
• nonbe·a·tific adjective
• nonbe·a·tifi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of beatific¹

First recorded in 1630–40; from French, from Late Latin beātificus “making happy,” equivalent to beāt(us) (past participle of beāre “to bless”) + -i- + -ficus; -ate ¹, -i-, -fic

Word History and Origins

Origin of beatific¹

C17: from Late Latin beātificus , from Latin beātus , from beāre to bless + facere to make

Example Sentences

A beatific newly minted millionaire named Steve Jobs explained how a personal computer was like a bicycle for the mind.

From MIT Technology Review

While most of those atomic-age monsters weren’t human, increasingly, fears of modernization and disturbing scenes of suburbia — of idyllic towns and beatific children who are just a little too idyllic and beatific — crept into many films.

From Vox

Gibson weaves voice memos from friends and Instagram soundbites into beatific house beats, creating both a deep intimacy and a party soundtrack that begs to be spun at newly reopened nightclubs.

From Time

Young was on the side of the hall, hugging bystanders, including Bob Vander Plaats, with a near beatific smile on his face.

From The Daily Beast

Here, some reluctant participants at a family reunion are transformed in a beatific bunch by a ride in the Caravan.

From The Daily Beast

Clearly bewildered by the proceedings, she had a beatific smile, delighted that everyone was making a fuss over her.

From The Daily Beast

He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the old covenant one only saw the glory; now the beatific vision is open to all.

From Project Gutenberg

How absorbed with beatific devotion appears to be the worshipper at its consecrated altars!

From Project Gutenberg

Her excitement had in a measure kept her warm during the few minutes' adventure; but that beatific interval was over.

From Project Gutenberg

They are relieved of the load of thought; and their nature can lull itself in beatific nothings on the soft pillow of platitude.

From Project Gutenberg