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Antonyms for faculties


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fak-uhl-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæk əl ti



Definition of faculties

Origin :
  • early 16c., "powers or properties of one's self," also "physical functions;" plural of faculty.
  • noun ability, skill
  • noun teachers in educational institution
Example sentences :
  • Now there was something so compelling about her tone that he bent all his faculties to the task.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • We have no idea of the Supreme Being but what we learn from reflection on our own faculties.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • When he recovered his faculties his first sensation was one of great cold.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The subject abstracted their attention, and engrossed all their faculties.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Men are not equal, either in their faculties or in their requirements.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • But where the mind is too deeply interested, there it is that the faculties are most treacherous.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • It was some minutes before his faculties took in the meaning of his surroundings.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • What would any of us have been, if our fathers hadn't drawed our faculties out of us?
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • What would my boy Joe have been, if I hadn't drawed his faculties out of him?
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • The thundering applause that greeted me nearly overpowered all my faculties.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

Synonyms for faculties

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