Synonyms for gibbous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gib-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɪb əs

Top 10 synonyms for gibbous

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Définition of gibbous

Origin : c.1400, "bulging, convex," from Late Latin gibbus "hunchbacked," from Latin gibbus "hump, hunch," of uncertain origin. Of the moon from early 15c.; also used from 15c. of hunchbacks.

As in asymmetrical : adj uneven
As in bulging : adj curving outward
As in projecting : adj sticking out
As in stooped : adj bent over
As in convex : adj rounded, curving outward

Example sentences :

Steep and gibbous behind, becoming at length smooth and equal.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

The night was clear, and a gibbous moon was high in the sky.
Extract from : « Camp-fire and Wigwam » by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The moon was gibbous in its approach to the full when the boat left Vicksburg.
Extract from : « The Last of the Flatboats » by George Cary Eggleston

The esculent variety, in Europe, is the common green or gibbous frog, the Rana esculenta of Linnus.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

Over the top of the great ranges a gibbous moon rose slowly.
Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White

Gibbous, more tumid at one place or on one side than the other.
Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray

If she were white, she might pass for a Caucasian, but for that gibbous under-lip.
Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea

A gibbous moon brightened the sky and silvered the slopes about me.
Extract from : « A Maid of the Kentucky Hills » by Edwin Carlile Litsey

"It was gibbous, you know," Mary explained, very technical and scientific.
Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

Under the stars, under the gibbous moon, assuredly they would sleep.
Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

Antonyms for gibbous

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