dovelike

dovelike
Synonyms and related words:
altricial, angelic, anserine, anserous, aquiline, avian, avicular, birdlike, birdy, blameless, broken, chastened, childlike, clear, columbine, domesticated, faultless, gentle, goosy, guiltless, hawklike, housebroken, humble, in the clear, incorrupt, innocent, lamblike, meek, mild, nesting, nidicolous, nidificant, not guilty, offenseless, oscine, pacific, passerine, peaceable, prelapsarian, pristine, psittacine, quiet, rasorial, reproachless, sans reproche, sinless, subdued, tame, tamed, uncorrupted, undefiled, unfallen, unlapsed, untouched by evil, with clean hands, without reproach

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Dovelike — Dove like , a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dovelike — 1. adjective a) Similar to a dove. b) Similar to that of a dove; as, a dovelike wing, a dovelike glance, dovelike eyes. 2. adverb a) In a manner similar to a dove; as, to dovelike, sit brooding on the v …   Wiktionary

  • dovelike — /ˈdʌvlaɪk/ (say duvluyk) adjective like a dove; innocent; tender: dovelike softness; dovelike eyes …  

  • dovelike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : mild as a proverbial dove : pure and lovable : gentle our host introduced us to his two daughters, beautiful and dovelike creatures …   Useful english dictionary

  • dovelike — adj. similar to a dove; gentle as a dove; pure and lovable …   English contemporary dictionary

  • columbine — columbine1 /kol euhm buyn /, n. 1. a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado. 2. any of various other plants… …   Universalium

  • columbine — I. /ˈkɒləmbaɪn/ (say koluhmbuyn) noun any plant of the genus Aquilegia, comprising erect branching herbs with handsome flowers. {Middle English, from Late Latin columbīna, properly feminine of Latin columbīnus dovelike; from the resemblance of… …  

  • dove — 1. n. 1 any bird of the family Columbidae, with short legs, small head, and large breast. 2 a gentle or innocent person. 3 Polit. an advocate of peace or peaceful policies (cf. HAWK(1)). 4 (Dove) Relig. a representation of the Holy Spirit (John 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dove — 1. n. 1 any bird of the family Columbidae, with short legs, small head, and large breast. 2 a gentle or innocent person. 3 Polit. an advocate of peace or peaceful policies (cf. HAWK(1)). 4 (Dove) Relig. a representation of the Holy Spirit (John 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Col|um|bine — 1 «KOL uhm byn», noun. a plant whose flowers have petals shaped like hollow spurs. Wild columbines have red and yellow or blue and white flowers. Columbines are a genus of perennials belonging to the crowfoot family. The Colorado blue columbine… …   Useful english dictionary

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