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Synonyms for gorgon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gawr-guh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɔr gən

Top 10 synonyms for gorgon
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Définition of gorgon

Origin :
  • late 14c., any of the three hideous sisters in Greek legend, whose look turned beholders to stone (Madusa was one of them), from Greek Gorgo (plural Gorgones), from gorgos "terrible," of unknown origin. Transferred sense of "terrifyingly ugly person" is from 1520s.
  • As in hag : noun biddy
Example sentences :
  • In its surface he could safely look at the reflection of the Gorgon's face.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Hence the Gorgon, one of her consorts, was ordered to go ahead and lead the way.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The Gorgon cannot have looked more coldly wicked than her ladyship just then.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Unfortunately the journal says very little of the Gorgon's voyage home.
  • Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
  • "Surely the Gorgon was a kind of prehistoric suffragette," objected Dick.
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
  • The Gorgon stares you out of countenance, and that suffices.
  • Extract from : « The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 » by Basil L. Gildersleeve
  • Myrtle fossilized them as suddenly as if she had been a Gorgon instead of a beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Nor must we forget that he has run upon a limitation, that Gorgon from whom he fled.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • In the tussle between Perseus and the Gorgon the odds are all in favour of Perseus.
  • Extract from : « The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol » by William J. Locke
  • "It looks just as if the Gorgon had stared at them and petrified them with a glance," said Nora.
  • Extract from : « The Manor House School » by Angela Brazil
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