Antonyms for adonises

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-don-is, uh-doh-nis

Phonetic Transcription : əˈdɒn ɪs, əˈdoʊ nɪs

Definition of adonises

Origin : "a beau," 1620s, from Greek Adonis, name of the youth beloved by Aphrodite, from Phoenician adon "lord," probably originally "ruler," from base a-d-n "to judge, rule." Adonai is the Hebrew cognate.

As in beauty : noun good-looking person
As in sex symbol : noun person who is sexual ideal

Example sentences :

Adonises are very neat in habit, and the foliage is fine and interesting.
Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn

A long line of more or less successful Adonises have followed in his footsteps.
Extract from : « In Vanity Fair » by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd

At least some of the delphiniums, papavers and adonises germinate very imperfectly, if at all, in direct light.
Extract from : « The Nursery Book » by Liberty Hyde Bailey

Peasants imagine themselves princes; Calibans believe themselves to be Adonises; beggars imagine themselves millionaires.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

They are not Apollos, and Venuses, nor Adonises, that knock at painters' doors.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 » by Various

Synonyms for adonises

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