List of synonyms from "silly over" to synonyms from "simplest"


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Definition of the day : « simile »

  • noun comparison
Example sentences :
  • 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