Antonyms for djinn

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jin

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪn

Definition of djinn

Origin : 1680s, djen, from Arabic jinn, collective plural, "demons, spirits, angels." The proper singular is jinni. Cf. genie.

As in devil : noun demon

Example sentences :

So the Djinn set to work and got the city ready in a night, sculpture and all.
Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

"Arguing with Fra Tomasso is like trying wrestle a djinn," Daoud said.
Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea

The djinn was in for a lifer, and was immortal; so thought Challis to himself.
Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan

The djinn had been at once a triumph and a sad mistake of nature.
Extract from : « The Giants From Outer Space » by Geoff St. Reynard

Anyway, there sure as hell weren't any djinn on Earth today.
Extract from : « The Giants From Outer Space » by Geoff St. Reynard

For bait, he must have used alcohol, too, since it was the Achilles heel of the djinn.
Extract from : « The Giants From Outer Space » by Geoff St. Reynard

He is the slave of the djinn whom he has called from the unclean deeps.
Extract from : « Raemaekers' Cartoons » by Louis Raemaekers

He declared that a djinn who lived there specialized in helping old scoundrels to scribble.
Extract from : « Edgar Saltus: The Man » by Marie Saltus

The parent has to play the part of Aladdin's djinn; and many a parent has sunk beneath the burden of this service.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

They are as the sands of the erg, and they have the weapons of the djinn, as each man knows.
Extract from : « Border, Breed Nor Birth » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

Synonyms for djinn

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