Synonyms for aged


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ey-jid for 1, 2, 5, 6; eyjd for 1, 3, 4
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ dʒɪd for 1, 2, 5, 6; eɪdʒd for 1, 3, 4

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Définition of aged

Origin :
  • "having lived long," mid-15c., past participle adjective from age (v.). Meaning "having been allowed to get old" (of cheese, etc.) is by 1873. Meaning "of the age of" is from 1630s. Aged Parent is from "Great Expectations" (1860-61).
  • adj old
Example sentences :
  • The aged philosopher endeavoured to speak, but his voice was tremulous with emotion.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He is aged for such a journey, if you came from the Forest since morn.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • There was, in every room, an aged smell, grown faint with confinement.
  • Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
  • The aged mother of this family, and the three daughters, are still living.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He so humble, so aged, so loth to take our money—and yet a villain and a cheat.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • When our brethren departed, we could not tear our aged roots out of the soil.
  • Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The aged and illustrious man had done what the poor boy refused to do.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Perhaps some aged or weak lion had not been permitted a share of that rhinoceros.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • But save for now and then an aged gaffer, sitting in the sunshine with his pipe, there were no men.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The silence was finally broken by the aged warrior so often named.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Antonyms for aged

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