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Synonyms for Sylph:
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n.
• evil spirit- Genie ,
- Nixie ,
- archfiend ,
- beast ,
- daemon ,
- demon ,
- dragon ,
- dwarf ,
- fiend ,
- freak ,
- ghoul ,
- gnome ,
- hell hound ,
- hell-raiser ,
- hellcat ,
- hellion ,
- hobgoblin ,
- incubus ,
- lamia ,
- monster ,
- ogre ,
- satyr ,
- siren ,
- specter ,
- spirit ,
- succubus ,
- vampire ,
- werewolf .
- puck .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- Benshie ,
- Cloud-compeller ,
- Familiar ,
- Fay ,
- Kobold ,
- Ouphe ,
- PUCA ,
- PWCA ,
- Sylphid ,
- adult female ,
- banshee ,
- brownie ,
- cluricaune ,
- dame ,
- demiurge ,
- elemental ,
- elf ,
- faerie ,
- fairy queen ,
- girl ,
- gremlin ,
- hamadryad ,
- hob ,
- hummer ,
- hummingbird ,
- imaginary being ,
- imaginary creature ,
- kelpie ,
- lady ,
- leprechaun ,
- mermaid ,
- naiad ,
- nereid ,
- oread ,
- peri ,
- pixie ,
- pixy ,
- pooka ,
- salamander ,
- sibyl ,
- undine ,
- water nymph ,
- wife ,
- woman ,
- wood nymph .
- dryad ,
- fairy .
What are the hypernyms for Sylph?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
spirit, sprite, supernatural being, fairy, ethereal being, mythological creature, paranormal being.
What are the hyponyms for Sylph?
Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
hyponyms for sylph (as nouns)
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person
woman, adult female, imaginary creature, imaginary being.
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person
Usage examples for Sylph
He remembered her as slight in figure-sylph-like he had sometimes called her-fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
"The Greater Power"
While I can not say that her form was sylph-like and elegant, yet her features were not irregular, nor was her form misshapen.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
She was below medium height, but shaped like a sylph and had the airy grace of one.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Famous quotes with Sylph
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He felt himself melting away, but he still remained firm with his gun on his shoulder. Suddenly the door of the room flew open and the draught of air caught up the little dancer, she fluttered like a sylph right into the stove by the side of the tin soldier, and was instantly in flames and was gone. The tin soldier melted down into a lump, and the next morning, when the maid servant took the ashes out of the stove, she found him in the shape of a little tin heart. But of the little dancer nothing remained but the tinsel rose, which was burnt black as a cinder.
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Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved; when she is absent she become one of the sylph-like figures of our adolescence whom we endowed with perfection.
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