Beatific
biˈætɪfɪk
adjective
blissfully happy; full of joy or blessedness
The word 'beatific' is derived from the Latin word 'beatificus,' which means 'making happy.' It is often used to describe a state of extreme happiness or bliss, often associated with a spiritual or divine experience.
See how Stephen King, Leo Tolstoy and 5 other authors use "beatific", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
A fat cigar smoldered between his plump fingers and he looked like a beatific pug-dog.
Isaac Asimov
Foundation 3 - Second Foundation
A beatific smile of regret, repentance, and ecstasy beamed on M. de Beausset’s face and he glided away to the other generals.
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace
I would have thought a guy like you would have been a natural.” Harold's smile became large, beatific.
Stephen King
The Stand
Her face made its own fist, twisting itself into a sneer of concentration—an expression remarkable and arresting in its mixture of ugliness and almost beatific determination.
Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
The curtains were half drawn, and only admitted the mysterious light calculated for beatific reveries.
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers
It is therefore only after full atonement or expiation, perhaps after many lives, that a natural deep satisfying love becomes possible, and this love, in all subjective natures, must precede the Beatific Vision.
W. B. Yeats
Poetry
Not for you.” He sipped his own tea, and a beatific smile spread across his ancient face.
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere
Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From heaven, for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven’s pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
John Milton
Paradise Lost
