Synonyms for hale


Grammar : Adj
Spell : heyl
Phonetic Transcription : heɪl

Top 10 synonyms for hale Other synonyms for the word hale

Définition of hale

Origin :
  • "healthy," Old English hal "healthy, entire, uninjured" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole; it was given a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734). Related: Haleness.
  • adj strong and healthy
Example sentences :
  • Southey is as hale as ever, and writes with his usual diligence.
  • Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Hale wrote his ‘Contemplations’ while travelling on circuit.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • The hale can look after themselves, but he is helpless, and will need a friend.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Hale remarked that she looked very young to have four children. '
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • He was hale and hearty, though more than eighty years of age.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • Robert saw he had a benevolent face; that he was hale and hearty.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • Hale would have spoken, but an impatient gesture from his companions stopped him.
  • Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
  • "But the express messenger and the driver were armed," continued Hale.
  • Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
  • Hale was obliged to admit that he had only taken Eagle's Court in the early spring.
  • Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
  • You knew that Hale was away and these women were here without a man to help them.
  • Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

Antonyms for hale

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