Synonyms for delilah


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-lahy-luh
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlaɪ lə


Définition of delilah

Origin :
  • "temptress, treacherous lover," 1590s, from the name of the woman who seduced and betrayed Samson in Judges, from Hebrew Delilah, literally "delicate, languishing, amorous," from Semitic root d-l-l "to hang down, to languish."
  • As in temptress : noun vamp
Example sentences :
  • And into the arms and to the tender mercies of this Delilah I had given myself.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • To think that I was no better than a Delilah when I met you first!
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • For even Delilah was a Philistine, and by her perfidy served her country.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • In old days she would have been a Cleopatra, a Theodora, a Delilah.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • She was bought by Grell to play the part of Delilah to the blackmailer.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • You know how she started in by readin' them Delilah and Jona yarns to me.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • Were he as strong as Sampson, may he not find in you his tempting Delilah?
  • Extract from : « The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional » by Father Chiniquy
  • Was not the mighty giant, Samson, undone by the charms of Delilah?
  • Extract from : « The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional » by Father Chiniquy
  • On the other hand, the fashionable Delilah story was a brilliant invention.
  • Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
  • But before the evening was over, Delilah had shorn Samson of his locks.
  • Extract from : « The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson » by Anthony Trollope

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