Antonyms for super-excellent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ek-suh-luhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk sə lənt


Definition of super-excellent

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French excellent "outstanding, excellent," from Latin excellentem (nominative excellens), present participle of excellere (see excel).
  • As in unmarred : adj good
  • As in good : adj pleasant, fine
Example sentences :
  • It was, as you say, super-excellent; that is the exact idea.
  • Extract from : « Talkers » by John Bate
  • When hell makes a super-excellent devil, the devil puts goodness in just as a baker puts soda in his bread to make it rise.
  • Extract from : « The Pools of Silence » by H. de Vere Stacpoole
  • They are really excellent in every way but just need that tincture of a little scientific background to make them super-excellent.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 » by Various
  • The fine equipment and super-excellent faculty have filled it up with well-to-do and moneyed students.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean College Junior » by Pauline Lester
  • They were three good dogs, and one super-excellent one, named Dinah, a black retriever.
  • Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • In explanation I may say that the gentleman mentioned was a super-excellent golf player and very, very thin as to body.
  • Extract from : « Quarter-Back Bates » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Livingstone considered this, "Well, they do say that Chinese cooking is super-excellent once you get used to it."
  • Extract from : « Rough-Hewn » by Dorothy Canfield
  • Besides, he has got into such a region of goodness, that his wife ought to be super-excellent.
  • Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The crop of hops has been, in parts where they are grown, unusually large and of super-excellent quality.
  • Extract from : « Rural Rides » by William Cobbett
  • He had to be super-excellent in his profession, for a wooden ship was certain to tax his powers.
  • Extract from : « On the Spanish Main » by John Masefield

Synonyms for super-excellent

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