Synonyms for feline

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fee-lahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi laɪn

Définition of feline

Origin : 1680s, from Late Latin felinus "of or belonging to a cat," from Latin feles (genitive felis) "cat, wild cat, marten," of uncertain origin. As a noun, from 1861.

noun cat

Example sentences :

It is running like the feline it is, and I am being as careful as I can.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

She scorned that, with a youthful scorn, the feline domination of Esther.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

With feline undulations of hip and shoulder, the secretary left the room at once.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Amid all his tasks he moved with a sort of feline restlessness.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

Perhaps there was in her something of the feline; the instinct of the cat to gambol with its prey.
Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

He could protrude a feline set of claws from his velvet glove.
Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen

Brahms, so it is said, was an avowed enemy of the feline tribe.
Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker

In every involuntary movement and gesture there was something that suggested the feline.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

Part of the monster that lay by instinct in all feline creatures.
Extract from : « The Monster » by S. M. Tenneshaw

Then the claws that were its hands raked the surgeon's throat in a feline rage.
Extract from : « The Monster » by S. M. Tenneshaw

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