Antonyms for basking


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bask, bahsk
Phonetic Transcription : bæsk, bɑsk


Definition of basking

Origin :
  • 1742, present participle adjective from bask (v.). Basking shark is recorded from 1769.
  • verb lie in sunlight
  • verb lie in glory
Example sentences :
  • To be with Evelyn was like basking in the sunshine of some happy sky!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He was basking in the frankly admiring gaze of Miss Knowles.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • We meet them in the shade of the woods, and have to pass them basking on the sea-shore.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • And I resented his basking thus openly in the fires of martyrdom.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • Also, a name in the south for the basking shark, from its habit of lying in the sunshine.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • He found him basking in the sun in the grove Craneum, where he was cementing his tub.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 » by Various
  • All about, the frogs rest on the green carpet of the lily pads, basking in the sun.
  • Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe
  • The Irish lay in the streets, looking vacantly, and basking in the sun.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 » by Various
  • Apparently, he was asleep and basking in the warm Autumn sunshine.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore
  • The big white fellows only catch seal when basking on the ice.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Synonyms for basking

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