Antonyms for buttercup

Grammar : Noun

Spell : buht-er-kuhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌt ərˌkʌp

Definition of buttercup

Origin : type of small wildflower with a yellow bloom, 1777, from a merger of two older names, gold-cups and butterflower. See butter (n.) + cup (n.).

As in baby : noun infant
As in milquetoast : noun baby
As in neonate : noun baby
As in nursling : noun baby

Example sentences :

He bit his lip and struck with his cane at the buttercup heads.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

He rubbed some of the yellow of the egg off his chin, and stuck it on his leg like a buttercup.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

Look at this buttercup as it begins to learn its new lesson.
Extract from : « Parables of the Cross » by I. Lilias Trotter

Toby back with a bray of remonstrance, and Buttercup lowered her horns angrily.
Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott

We have no blue flower that can equal the chroma of the buttercup.
Extract from : « A Color Notation » by Albert H. Munsell

I was just looking into this buttercup that I'm sitting on when you flew up and spoke to me.
Extract from : « The Tale of Betsy Butterfly » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Buttercup glared, grinned, hugged herself, and waited for more.
Extract from : « Charlie to the Rescue » by R.M. Ballantyne

Buttercup was more than half-way between Carstairs and Bowick.
Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope

Buttercup asks—which is quite ridiculous, if you only dissect her language!
Extract from : « Operas Every Child Should Know » by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

Grandpa let us name them: so we called them Buttercup and Daisy.
Extract from : « The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 » by Various

Synonyms for buttercup

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