Synonyms for yore
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : yawr, yohr |
| Phonetic Transcription : yɔr, yoʊr |
Top 10 synonyms for yore
Définition of yore
Origin :- Old English geara (adv.) "of yore," originally genitive plural of gear (see year), and used without of.
- As in past : noun time gone by
- To sing praises as Aneurin of yore, The day he sang the Gododin.
- Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
- They wanted to see their table of yore, on the left hand, right at the back of the room.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- He no longer treated Bongrand in the wheedling, respectful manner of yore.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- In making speeches he does not speak as boldly, as directly as in days of yore.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- A very good time it was, cattle selling higher than of yore.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- His moustache, sticking all ways out, as of yore, was quite white now.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- In which summation he showed himself indeed a “sumner,” as it was called of yore.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- Boucicault, whom I knew well of yore in America, introduced it into something.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- But there had passed away a glory, and the dream was not as it had been of yore.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- As Mr. Wordsworth said, it is not now as it hath been of yore.
- Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
Antonyms for yore
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