sublimated
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪtɪd/
verb
- To redirect a strong, often negative emotion or impulse into a more socially acceptable activity.
- She sublimated her anger into a powerful workout at the gym.
- He sublimated his frustration by organizing the messy garage.
- Many artists sublimate their personal struggles into creative works.
- In chemistry, to change a solid directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid.
- The scientist observed the solid crystals sublimate under the heat of the lamp.
- Dry ice sublimates into carbon dioxide gas at room temperature.
- When you leave a snowball in the freezer too long, it can sublimate and shrink.
adjective
- Describing an emotion or impulse that has been redirected into a more acceptable form.
- Her sublimated anxiety appeared as a constant need to clean the house.
- The poem expressed a sublimated longing for adventure.
- His sublimated aggression came out as intense competition in sports.
- In chemistry, describing a substance that has changed directly from a solid to a gas.
- The sublimated iodine formed a purple vapor in the flask.
- Sublimated sulfur leaves a yellow coating on the cool surface.
- The lab collected the sublimated crystals from the experiment.