Synonyms for orphic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : awr-fik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for orphic Other synonyms for the word orphic
- abstruse
- academic
- acroamatic
- anagogic
- blind
- cabalistic
- close
- concealed
- covered
- dark
- deep
- delightful
- Delphic
- devious
- difficult
- discerning
- eerie
- enlightened
- enticing
- erudite
- far
- far-off
- fascinating
- hard
- hard to understand
- heavy
- hermetic
- hermetical
- hidden
- incisive
- inconspicuous
- informed
- inglorious
- inner
- inscrutable
- intellectual
- intricate
- invisible
- involved
- irrelevant
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- learned
- little-known
- lonesome
- lowly
- magic
- magical
- minor
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- nameless
- obscure
- occult
- odd
- oracular
- orphic
- pedantic
- penetrating
- philosophical
- preternatural
- private
- profound
- psychic
- rapturous
- rare
- recondite
- reflective
- remote
- removed
- reticent
- retired
- sagacious
- sage
- scholarly
- secluded
- secret
- secretive
- seldom seen
- sequestered
- serious
- shrewd
- sibylline
- skilled
- solitary
- subtle
- thorough
- transmundane
- undisclosed
- undistinguished
- unearthly
- unheard-of
- unhonored
- unimportant
- unknown
- unnoted
- unrevealed
- unseen
- unsung
- veiled
- weighty
- weird
- winsome
- wise
Définition of orphic
Origin :- 1670s, from Greek orphikos "pertaining to Orpheus," master musician of Thrace, son of Eagrus and Calliope, husband of Eurydice, whose name (of unknown origin) was associated with mystic doctrines. Related: Orphism.
- As in obscure : adj out-of-the-way, little-known
- As in occult : adj mysterious, secret; supernatural
- As in profound : adj intellectual, thoughtful
- As in recondite : adj mysterious, obscure
- As in entrancing : adj pleasing
- As in mystical : adj occult
- As in deep : adj abstract, complicated in meaning
- As in esoteric : adj mysterious, obscure
- "Starving will kill as dead as hanging," was Lieders's orphic response to this.
- Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
- And Orphic purity was mainly, though not entirely, the result of moral discipline.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- We may also take it that he was familiar with all sorts of Orphic and Pythagorean sectaries.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- The Orphic priests of old Greece most nearly resembled the shamans of the savages.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- To them any version of the Orphic myth is tinglingly credible.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland
- This he considered was The Excursion, an Orphic song indeed!
- Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- It ran in the direction of Orphic and Bacchic Thrace to the north.
- Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham
- These were the Orphic hymns, which were sung by the Lycomed at Athens.
- Extract from : « A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) » by Jacob Bryant
- Of the Orphic doctrines we are able to give a somewhat better account.
- Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke
- The pantheism of the Orphic theology is constantly apparent.
- Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke
Antonyms for orphic
- aboveboard
- apparent
- approachable
- artless
- bare
- boring
- bright
- clear
- common
- distinguished
- easy
- explicit
- exposed
- familiar
- famous
- flighty
- friendly
- frivolous
- happy
- ignorant
- known
- light
- mild
- moderate
- natural
- near
- nearby
- obvious
- open
- pale
- perceptible
- plain
- public
- quiet
- related
- relevant
- revealed
- shallow
- simple
- slight
- soft
- straightforward
- stupid
- superficial
- trivial
- uncovered
- understood
- unemotional
- unimportant
- unintelligent
- unmysterious
- visible
- warm
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