List of synonyms from "silly over" to synonyms from "simplest"
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Definition of the day : « simile »
- noun comparison
- The simile of an Indian fight returned to Dick with increased force.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- There is no other simile that will express his state of mind.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- I feel the rage of simile upon me; I can't talk to you in any other way.
- Extract from : « The Contrast » by Royall Tyler
- He laughed at this simile, and continued: 'I shall be all new again.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- Blanche, who was extremely dainty as to what she touched, quite appreciated this simile.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Sallie does not mind an extra word or two to strengthen a simile.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- In rhetoric, a direct and formal comparison is called a simile.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- Clare could not help smiling at the simile, and bent down her head.
- Extract from : « Adam Johnstone's Son » by F. Marion Crawford
- "Your simile is not a good one, Mr. Pett," retorted Brereton.
- Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
- If he had alluded to him as an incendiary bomb, there would have been more sense in his simile.
- Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson