Antonyms for jonah


Grammar : Adj
Spell : joh-nuh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒoʊ nə


Definition of jonah

Origin :
  • masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from Hebrew Yonah, literally "dove, pigeon."
  • As in hapless : adj unfortunate
Example sentences :
  • The history of Jonah and the whale, I read at least twenty times.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I 'guess Jonah wa'n't more tickled when he set foot on dry land.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.'
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • "I know how Jonah felt after the whale unloaded him," he drawled.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "I suppose Jonah cal'lated he didn't need to be swallowed," he mused.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The sermon had nothing to do with Jonah or the whale, so his feelings were not ruffled.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • That boat's her own Jonah, sure—crews an' gear make no differ to her driftin'.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Perhaps our suspicious passenger is no Jonah after all, being black.
  • Extract from : « The Biglow Papers » by James Russell Lowell
  • He has but two subjects: the story of Jonah, and the Symbolic Supper.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • Jonah spends three days and three nights in the whale's belly—why?
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for jonah

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