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
- 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
- acclaim
- adorn
- advance
- aggrandize
- apotheosize
- applaud
- augment
- band
- beatify
- begird
- bless
- boost
- build up
- canonize
- cincture
- circle
- circuit
- commend
- compass
- cover
- deify
- dignify
- distinguish
- elevate
- enclose
- encompass
- enfold
- enhance
- ennoble
- enring
- enshrine
- envelop
- environ
- erect
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- gird in
- girdle
- glorify
- halo
- hem in
- honor
- idolize
- illuminate
- immortalize
- inclose
- intensify
- invest
- laud
- lift up
- magnify
- pay homage to
- pay tribute to
- raise
- revere
- ring
- sanctify
- set on pedestal
- sublime
- surround
- transfigure
- upgrade
- uprear
- venerate
- worship
- wreathe
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