Antonyms for fellest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fel
Phonetic Transcription : fɛl


Definition of fellest

Origin :
  • Old English fællan (Mercian), fyllan (West Saxon) "make fall, cause to fall," also "strike down, demolish, kill," from Proto-Germanic *fallijanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fellian, Dutch fellen, Old High German fellen, German fällen, Old Norse fella, Danish fælde), causative of *fallan (Old English feallan, see fall (v.)), showing i-mutation. Related: Felled; feller; felling.
  • As in inhuman/inhumane : adj animal, savage
  • As in murderous : adj difficult
  • As in savage : adj cruel, vicious
  • As in serious : adj crucial, weighty
  • As in ugly : adj dangerous, threatening
  • As in inhuman : adj animal
  • As in sanguinary : adj murderous
  • As in sanguineous : adj murderous
  • As in slaughterous : adj murderous
  • As in destructive : adj injurious, devastating
  • As in ferocious : adj violent, barbaric
  • As in fierce : adj violent, menacing
  • As in grave : adj crucial, dangerous
Example sentences :
  • The fellest abuse does not succeed in inflicting the slightest wound.
  • Extract from : « Ayala's Angel » by Anthony Trollope
  • If this is religion, I pray God that infidelity may banish it from the universe, of which it is the fellest scourge.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Windsor Prison; » by John Reynolds.
  • Du Fayel was maddened by the fellest passions, and he took a wild and horrid revenge.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli
  • A superstition attacked, or a faith disturbed in the mind of a people, is the fellest of conspiracies.
  • Extract from : « History of the Girondists, Volume I » by Alphonse de Lamartine
  • Mallet overcharged his gun with the fellest intentions, but found his piece, in bursting, annihilated himself.
  • Extract from : « Calamities and Quarrels of Authors » by Isaac Disraeli
  • Raised with fellest intent, the gleaming poniard is in a trice buried in the Counts breast.
  • Extract from : « The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2) » by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Synonyms for fellest

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