Antonyms for haloed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hey-loh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ loʊ


Definition of haloed

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin halo (nominative halos), from Greek halos "disk of the sun or moon, ring of light around the sun or moon" (also "threshing floor" and "disk of a shield"), of unknown origin. Sense of "light around the head of a holy person or deity" first recorded 1640s. As a verb from 1801.
  • As in encircle : verb circumscribe
  • As in exalt : verb promote, praise
  • As in glorify : verb adore, idolize
Example sentences :
  • The light upon his face deepened; it seemed to be haloed with a glory.
  • Extract from : « Nestleton Magna » by J. Jackson Wray
  • He moved beside her, magnified and haloed, as it were, by the dusk and the sunset.
  • Extract from : « The Testing of Diana Mallory » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Contrariwise, many a haloed pundit has had his occasional guffaw.
  • Extract from : « Damn! » by Henry Louis Mencken
  • Those yellow-gray eyes were still burning with earnestness, and the bright head, haloed by its hair, was held high.
  • Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
  • The man who carved the devils, like those who crowned the rocks of Le Puy with the haloed figures, created facts.
  • Extract from : « English Book-Illustration of To-day » by Rose Esther Dorothea Sketchley
  • Deep in a crimson couch and haloed with the last brightness, lay the long, white outlines of a reclining figure.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 » by Various
  • Sir Arthurs parting words had haloed her daughter for her during these difficult days.
  • Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • The haloed saints in the east window smiled down at her with calm eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Head Girl at the Gables » by Angela Brazil
  • The larger was a little girl of eight years, with a dirty little cherub-face, haloed with flaxen ringlets.
  • Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
  • While I was waiting in the green-room for my turn to go on, Gounod came in haloed with triumph.
  • Extract from : « My Recollections » by Jules Massenet

Synonyms for haloed

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