Synonyms for prophetic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pruh-fet-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : prəˈfɛt ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for prophetic Other synonyms for the word prophetic
Définition of prophetic
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French prophétique (15c.) and directly from Late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophetikos "pertaining to a prophet, oracular," from prophetes (see prophet). Related: Prophetical (mid-15c.); prophetically.
- adj telling of the future
- His prophetic and doleful despatches had been for years the joke of Foreign Offices.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- And lately I have thought that those dreams might be prophetic.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- However, we are not now inquiring into the causes of prophetic knowledge.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part I] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- Our prophetic motto will suit all creeds in their turn, that's a comfort.'
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- You, the people alone, you have been far-seeing and prophetic; but not they.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- What prophetic instinct it was had rooted that certainty in my heart I do not pretend to say.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- To ears tingling with prophetic apprehension the provocation was intense.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- It is often found in the Arabic Bible, especially in the prophetic books.
- Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
- The middle ages had used them, as they had used the Old Testament, as prophetic books.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- In a pathetic passage in a prophetic Psalm, He says, "I am a worm and no man."
- Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
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