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too good for this world

too good for this world adjective: too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world.

Adjective

too good for this world (not comparable)

  1. Too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world.
    • Near-synonym: saintly
    • It might be a childish Superstition, perhaps, to imagine her too good for this World, but we feel to our Concern, that what made her revered on Earth, qualified her too early for a Saint in Heaven.1733, Lewis Theobald, ed., The Works of Shakespeare: in Seven Volumes, Dedication, page A3.
    Synonyms:
    saintly
  2. (idiomatic) Of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous; excellent.
    • Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post.

Synonyms of too good for this world

Questions about too good for this world

What does too good for this world mean?
Too good for this world means too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world.
What part of speech is too good for this world?
Too good for this world is an adjective.

Words near too good for this world in the dictionary

  1. too close to call
  2. too close to the sun
  3. Too Cool
  4. too cool for school
  5. too far gone
  6. too good for this world
  7. too good to be true
  8. too good to last
  9. too hard basket
  10. too hard baskets
  11. too hot to handle

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