Meaning

7 senses

  1. Of or pertaining to a god.

    a divine being

    divine existence

    göttlich

    боже́ственныйbožéstvennyj, бо́жийbóžij

    боже́ственнийbožéstvennyj, бо́жийbóžyj

    emanating from God

  2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

    divine power

    göttlich

    боже́ственныйbožéstvennyj, сверхъесте́ственныйsverxʺjestéstvennyj

    надісто́тнийnadistótnyj, боже́ственнийbožéstvennyj

  3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

    divine skill

    göttlich

    боже́ственныйbožéstvennyj, богоподо́бныйbogopodóbnyj

    богоподі́бнийbohopodíbnyj, надісто́тнийnadistótnyj

    being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

  4. Beautiful, heavenly.

    göttlich

    боже́ственныйbožéstvennyj

    боже́ственнийbožéstvennyj

  5. Relating to divinity or theology.

  6. (obsolete)Foreboding; prescient.

  7. (obsolete)Immortal; elect or saved after death

Examples

87 sentences

  1. What divine weather!

    Яка божественна погода! — deniko

    ruКакая божественная погода! — odexed

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  2. What is more divine than reason?

    deWas ist göttlicher als die Vernunft? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The chosen people lost the divine elections.

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  4. Human religion is more open than the divine religion.

    ruЧеловеческая религия более открыта, чем божественная. — Monroe

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  5. The man of wisdom sees the divine substance in everything.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
of or pertaining to a god:
eternal, holy or otherwise godlike:
of superhuman or surpassing excellence:
Русский
By meaning 3
of or pertaining to a god:
eternal, holy or otherwise godlike:
of superhuman or surpassing excellence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to a god:

Origin

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced nati

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more divine, most divine
Comparativemore divine Lesson
Superlativemost divine Lesson

regular

Synonyms

121 synonyms
godlyB2holyB1sacredB1heavenlyB1ultimateB2beautifulA1delightfulB1exquisiteB2lovelyA1wonderfulA1attractiveA2breathtakingB2cuteA1fairA1
Close in meaning
  • being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods:elysianinspired
  • emanating from God:godly
  • being or having the nature of a god:godlike
  • appropriate to or befitting a god:godlike
  • resulting from divine providence:providential

Antonyms

12 antonyms
undivineungodlyB2secularC2humdrummediocreB2ordinaryB1horribleB1horridnastyB1unpleasantA2nondivineungodlike

Word family

25 related words
RelatedheavenlyB1celestialdivinity
Derivedantidivinedemidivinedivine coincidencedivine interventiondivine lawdivinelikedivinelydivine machinerydivinenessdivine officedivine politydivine proportiondivine rightdivine servicedivinishdivinizationmetadivinenondivinesemidivinesubdivinesuperdivineundivine

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
divideA2dividenddivinelydivinitydivisible

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