Antonyms for flesh

Grammar : Noun

Spell : flesh

Phonetic Transcription : flɛʃ

Definition of flesh

Origin : Old English flæsc "flesh, meat," also "near kindred" (a sense now obsolete except in phrase flesh and blood), common West and North Germanic (cf. Old Frisian flesk, Middle Low German vlees, German Fleisch "flesh," Old Norse flesk "pork, bacon"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flaiskoz-.
Figurative use for "animal or physical nature of man" (Old English) is from the Bible, especially Paul's use of Greek sarx, which yielded sense of "sensual appetites" (c.1200). Flesh-wound is from 1670s; flesh-color, the hue of "Caucasian" skin, is first recorded 1610s, described as a tint composed of "a light pink with a little yellow" [O'Neill, "Dyeing," 1862]. An Old English poetry-word for "body" was flæsc-hama, literally "flesh-home."

noun body tissue, skin
noun humankind

Example sentences :

The fingers thrust at his throat—he seemed to be tearing his own flesh.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Oh, strong, strong are the ties of flesh, and hard it is to subdue the spirit!
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

You don't think I would leave my own flesh and blood in the cellar!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Your flesh has never been made to creep: but the cockles of your heart have been warmed.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

The fingers should be used to separate the flesh at this place.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Their flesh should be firm and stiff and their eyes should be bright.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

She thrilled to the touch of his lips on her flesh; but she drew her arm away.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Shakespeare did not take interest enough in her to give her flesh and blood.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

The thorn of Anna's inefficiency had always rankled in her flesh.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Synonyms for flesh

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