Synonyms for sleek


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sleek
Phonetic Transcription : slik


Définition of sleek

Origin :
  • 1580s, variant of Middle English slike (see slick (adj.)). Originally of healthy-looking animal hair; applied to persons 1630s, with sense of "plump and smooth-skinned." Figurative meaning "slick, fawning, flattering" is from 1590s.
  • adj smooth, glossy
Example sentences :
  • And Mr. Beaufort patted the sleek neck of his favourite hunter.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • His complexion was pale and sodden, and his hair short, dark, and sleek.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Men led up the sleek cattle to be slain for the feast of the gods.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • "That's part of my business," he heard Burnham say in his sleek, oleaginous accents.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • With these steeds, so well fitted for hunting, were twelve sleek, fleet hounds.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • She stroked the sleek necks of the colts and handed them bunches of grass.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • So did his person, which was sleek though free from corpulency.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • The door opened and in walked Mike with the sleek goose under his arm.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • Grip soon recovered his looks, and became as glossy and sleek as ever.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • If he had suffered in the midst of all that sleek fatness, he had deserved to suffer.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for sleek

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