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Synonyms for hyena


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahy-ee-nuh
Phonetic Transcription : haɪˈi nə

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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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