Synonyms for hyena

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hahy-ee-nuh

Phonetic Transcription : haɪˈi nə

Top 10 synonyms for hyena

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Définition of hyena

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French hiene, from Latin hyaena, from Greek hyaina "swine" (fem.), from hys "pig" + fem. suffix -aina. So called for its bristles. Applied to cruel, treacherous, and greedy persons since at least 1670s. Adjectival forms that have been attempted in English include hyenaish, hyenaesque, hyenic, hyenine.

As in prairie wolf : noun coyote
As in canine : noun dog
As in scavenger : noun collector

Example sentences :

That night he slipped through the dark, like a hyena pup, to Ringwood.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Look at the case of the "Hyena," as he was called in his prime.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

The third is found at the point called the Plateau of Hyena.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Then there were loud guffaws, and oaths, and cries like the cry of the hyena.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

One heard from the depths of the jungle the tittering of a hyena.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

As he emerged the captain was on his back with all the ferocity of a hyena.
Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt

But, true to his nature, before doing so he decided to play the hyena.
Extract from : « Pocket Island » by Charles Clark Munn

Beyond that, an Arab has got no more hospitality than a hyena.
Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid

That hyena, I reflected, would want no more food at present.
Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard

The matter is referred to the Hyena, who says to the Man: "If you were bitten, what would it matter?"
Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris

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