Synonyms for millstone
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mil-stohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪlˌstoʊn |
Top 10 synonyms for millstone Other synonyms for the word millstone
Définition of millstone
Origin :- Old English mylenstan, from mill (n.1) + stone (n.). Figurative sense of "a burden" (1720) is from Matt. xviii:6.
- noun burden
- Thus, virtue did not become a burden, nor honor a millstone.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- You have a heart harder than the millstone, more set than ice!
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck and that he be cast into the deep.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- No one ever got anywhere with anything with such a millstone around his neck.
- Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
- As man and millstone reached the sea the storm instantly ceased.
- Extract from : « Legend Land, Vol. 1 » by Various
- Can't you see through a millstone when there is a hole in it?
- Extract from : « In School and Out » by Oliver Optic
- The hand that had pointed to the millstone about his neck had conjured it there.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- He had better have a millstone round his neck, and be cast into the deepest sea.
- Extract from : « Mugby Junction » by Charles Dickens
- It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea.
- Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
- The water-wheel was turning swiftly and the millstone was whirling like a buzz saw.
- Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
Antonyms for millstone
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