Synonyms for buttercup
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : buht-er-kuhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌt ərˌkʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for buttercup Other synonyms for the word buttercup
Définition of buttercup
Origin :- type of small wildflower with a yellow bloom, 1777, from a merger of two older names, gold-cups and butterflower. See butter (n.) + cup (n.).
- As in baby : noun infant
- As in milquetoast : noun baby
- As in neonate : noun baby
- As in nursling : noun baby
- He bit his lip and struck with his cane at the buttercup heads.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- He rubbed some of the yellow of the egg off his chin, and stuck it on his leg like a buttercup.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- Look at this buttercup as it begins to learn its new lesson.
- Extract from : « Parables of the Cross » by I. Lilias Trotter
- Toby back with a bray of remonstrance, and Buttercup lowered her horns angrily.
- Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott
- We have no blue flower that can equal the chroma of the buttercup.
- Extract from : « A Color Notation » by Albert H. Munsell
- I was just looking into this buttercup that I'm sitting on when you flew up and spoke to me.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Betsy Butterfly » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- Buttercup glared, grinned, hugged herself, and waited for more.
- Extract from : « Charlie to the Rescue » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Buttercup was more than half-way between Carstairs and Bowick.
- Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope
- Buttercup asks—which is quite ridiculous, if you only dissect her language!
- Extract from : « Operas Every Child Should Know » by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
- Grandpa let us name them: so we called them Buttercup and Daisy.
- Extract from : « The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 » by Various
Antonyms for buttercup
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