Meaning & use

divine

adjective·Academic

Of, from, or resembling a god; possessing holy or sacred qualities.

See it in a sentence

Many cultures describe the sunrise as a divine gift renewed each day.

The choir's harmony sounded almost divine in the stone cathedral.

A note on using this word

Divine is sometimes used loosely as an exaggeration for something wonderful, as in 'this cake is divine.'

Words with a similar meaning

heavenlyholysacred

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Words with an opposite meaning

earthlymundane

Another way to use it

2. verb

To discover or guess something through intuition, insight, or careful reasoning rather than direct evidence.

She tried to divine his true feelings from the tone of his short email.

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