Antonyms for likening


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lahy-kuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ kən


Definition of likening

Origin :
  • late 13c., "to represent as like," from like (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Likened; likening.
  • verb compare
Example sentences :
  • If she says she is sorry for likening me to Winfield, I will tell her who sent the roses.
  • Extract from : « Polly in New York » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • To the first part alone he gave his approval, likening it to the Song of Solomon.
  • Extract from : « Balzac » by Frederick Lawton
  • He was fond of likening his suite of office rooms to the bottom of a ship.
  • Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry
  • It is hard to say what "exquisite reason" Cervantes can have had for likening a girl's eyes to emeralds above all other gems.
  • Extract from : « The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes » by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  • The policeman's figure of speech, likening the lodgers to "herrings in a barrel," accurately described the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Fallen Leaves » by Wilkie Collins
  • But her nature, which the lover had greatly belied in likening it to her name, was not cold enough for this.
  • Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
  • Likening theyselves to the quality, as though they was estated folk, or the like o' that!
  • Extract from : « Barchester Towers » by Anthony Trollope
  • A scientific theory has been described as "the likening of our imaginings to what we actually observe."
  • Extract from : « The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry » by M. M. Pattison Muir
  • He tried an explanation by likening the dissension to a wrangle in a civilised family over an unjust division of property.
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • He made the retrograde step of likening the head of insects to a single segment.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Synonyms for likening

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