Associations to the word «Ethereal»

Wiktionary

ETHEREAL, adjective. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
ETHEREAL, adjective. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
ETHEREAL, adjective. Delicate, light and airy.
ETHEREAL, adjective. (chemistry) To do with ether
ETHEREAL WAVE, noun. (music) A genre of darkwave music influenced by Gothic rock.

Dictionary definition

ETHEREAL, adjective. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms".
ETHEREAL, adjective. Of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution".
ETHEREAL, adjective. Of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death".
ETHEREAL, adjective. Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy