At night the gases release a glowing ethereal light, usually a green colour because of the oxygen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rather it draws the eye inwards to rush it up to ethereal realms.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
From a hankering for human interaction to contact of a more ethereal nature.
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There is something slightly ethereal about him.
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Despite its ethereal beauty it is also a hostile and unforgiving place.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her ethereal vocals on the chorus make it sound like a future single.
The Sun (2013)
They cast a mysterious, ethereal and beautiful light.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Food got smaller, lighter and obsessively ethereal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet she possesses an ethereal quality, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some of the photographs possess a macabre, ethereal quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Those who knew him from an early age understood that here was a young man with an almost ethereal belief in his own ability.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the real indication that his priorities are different from the throng around us is not the lack of festive shopping bags but a certain ethereal quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It has a spookily ethereal quality, as if it's hiding something.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Their song is a continuous outpouring of sweet and harsher notes that, coming down from above, takes on an ethereal beauty.
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The result is a wilderness of ethereal beauty, teeming with wildlife that regards human beings as curious oddities, and a haunting loneliness that is almost tangible.
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In other languages
ethereal
British English: ethereal ADJECTIVE
Someone or something that is ethereal has a delicate beauty.
She's the prettiest, most ethereal romantic heroine in cinema.
American English: ethereal
Brazilian Portuguese: etéreo
Chinese: 优雅的
European Spanish: etéreo
French: éthéré
German: ätherisch
Italian: etereo
Japanese: 優美な
Korean: > 빼어난자태가
European Portuguese: etéreo
Latin American Spanish: etéreo
1 (adjective)
Definition
extremely delicate or refined
gorgeous, hauntingly ethereal melodies
Synonyms
delicate
The colours are delicate and tasteful.
light
fine
She wears fine jewellery wherever she goes.
subtle
There was, however, a subtle distinction between the two lawsuits.
refined
refined tastes
exquisite
These panels of glazed tiles are exquisite works of art.
tenuous
She was holding onto life by a tenuous thread.
dainty
a pair of the daintiest little kid slippers
rarefied
2 (adjective)
the ethereal world of romantic fiction
Synonyms
insubstantial
light
Try to wear light, loose clothes.
fairy
aerial
airy
`launch aid', an airy euphemism for more state handouts
intangible
the intangible dimensions of our existence
rarefied
impalpable (formal)
3 (adjective)
Definition
heavenly or spiritual
the ethereal realm of the divine
Synonyms
spiritual
She lived entirely by spiritual values.
heavenly (informal)
The idea of spending two weeks in Italy seems heavenly.
unearthly
sublime
celestial
gods and other celestial beings
unworldly
empyreal
Additional synonyms
in the sense of airy
Definition
having little basis in reality
`launch aid', an airy euphemism for more state handouts