Antonyms for ox
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : oks |
| Phonetic Transcription : É’ks |
Definition of ox
Origin :- Old English oxa "ox" (plural oxan), from Proto-Germanic *ukhson (cf. Old Norse oxi, Old Frisian oxa, Middle Dutch osse, Old Saxon, Old High German ohso, German Ochse, Gothic auhsa), from PIE *uks-en- "male animal," (cf. Welsh ych "ox," Middle Irish oss "stag," Sanskrit uksa, Avestan uxshan- "ox, bull"), said to be from root *uks- "to sprinkle," related to *ugw- "wet, moist." The animal word, then, is literally "besprinkler."
- As in strapping : adj big and strong
- As in lummox : noun oaf
- As in oaf : noun person who is clumsy, stupid
- As in meathead : noun dummy
- Then, he smote his thigh with a blow strong enough to kill an ox.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Then he dealt him a straight blow in the face that felled him like an ox.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Peace, my darling, here's no danger; There's no ox a-near thy bed.
- Extract from : « Grandma's Memories » by Mary D. Brine
- And of a sudden he struck a blow at the youth that might have felled an ox.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- The bovine humanity fitted to the machinery as the ox to the treadmill.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- On the earth our tiger-beast will devour your sheep and your ox.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- For example, they are very large in the ox, but small in mice.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- The heriot of a virgate was generally an ox, or money payment of its value.
- Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
- And a third showed the horn of an ox, with an obscene inscription.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
- But the ox under the yoke is not asked whether he likes it or not.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Synonyms for ox
- beast
- blockhead
- blunderer
- boor
- brawny
- bruiser
- brute
- bumpkin
- burly
- chump
- clod
- clodhopper
- clown
- dimwit
- dolt
- dullard
- dumb ox
- dunce
- fool
- goon
- half-wit
- hayseed
- hefty
- hulk
- hulking
- hunk
- husky
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- klutz
- loser
- lout
- lump
- lunkhead
- moron
- nincompoop
- numskull
- oaf
- ox
- powerful
- powerhouse
- robust
- sap
- simpleton
- stalwart
- stout
- sturdy
- tall
- vigorous
- well-built
- yokel
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