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The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.
Ellen Barkin

Meaning of "saint-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAINT-LIKE

saint-like  [ˈseɪntˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAINT-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Saint-Like is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAINT-LIKE


antlike
ˈæntˌlaɪk
bullet-like
ˈbʊlɪtˌlaɪk
catlike
ˈkætˌlaɪk
Christlike
ˈkraɪstˌlaɪk
flintlike
ˈflɪntˌlaɪk
forest-like
ˈfɒrɪstˌlaɪk
ghostlike
ˈɡəʊstˌlaɪk
giant-like
ˈdʒaɪəntˌlaɪk
insect-like
ˈɪnsektˌlaɪk
jacket-like
ˈdʒækɪtˌlaɪk
merchant-like
ˈmɜːtʃəntˌlaɪk
plantlike
ˈplɑːntˌlaɪk
robot-like
ˈrəʊbɒtˌlaɪk
rodent-like
ˈrəʊdəntˌlaɪk
serpentlike
ˈsɜːpəntˌlaɪk
servant-like
ˈsɜːvəntˌlaɪk
splintlike
ˈsplɪntˌlaɪk
tenant-like
ˈtɛnəntˌlaɪk
tentlike
ˈtɛntˌlaɪk
velvet-like
ˈvɛlvɪtˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAINT-LIKE

saint´s day
saintdom
Sainte Foy
Sainte-Beuve
sainted
saintess
saintfoin
sainthood
saintish

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAINT-LIKE

bird-like
cell-like
cloth-like
daughter-like
dislike
garden-like
guitar-like
human-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
like-for-like
metal-like
oil-like
scale-like
shell-like
soul-like
stone-like
summer-like
tail-like
virus-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of saint-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «saint-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAINT-LIKE

Find out the translation of saint-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of saint-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «saint-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圣人般的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saint- como
570 millions of speakers

English

saint-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संत की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قديس مثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

святой , как
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saint- como
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সন্ত মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saint -like
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saint seperti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

saint- wie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

聖人のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성자 와 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saint-kaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

saint- như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துறவி போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संत सारखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aziz benzeri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saint -like
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak święta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

святий , як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Saint- cum ar fi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

saint - όπως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heilige -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

saint -liknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saint -lignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saint-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAINT-LIKE»

The term «saint-like» is normally little used and occupies the 123.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saint-like

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QUOTES WITH «SAINT-LIKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word saint-like.
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Ellen Barkin
The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAINT-LIKE»

Discover the use of saint-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saint-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary
Katherine ofAragon in Henry VIIIis much easier to read as saint-like because of her patience through suffering (a quality that even saints run short of, according to Baptista (Shrew 3.2.28)). This has been preceded by a life of 'saint-like' ...
Alison Findlay, 2010
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Saints: Faith without Borders
First, the saint, like the daimonic hero, op- erates not from weakness (Nietzsche) but from strength (Schopenhauer and James). Second, as in the Sophoclean daimonic hero, there is a duality to the saint's strength. The saint's charismatic ...
Françoise Meltzer, Jas Elsner, 2011
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The New Universal Etymological English Dictionary: ...
SAINT-LIKE. I. Suiting a faint, becoming a faint. If still thou dost retain The fame ill habits, the fame follies too, Gloss'd over only with a saint-like shew, Still thou art bound to vice. Dryden't Perj, 2. Resembling a saint. The king, in whose time it ...
Nathan Bailey, 1775
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Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature
Ultimately, the real difference between Drayton's legend and a Catholic legend lies in the qualifier “like” in the murderer's address to Matilda. He tells her not to be so “Saint-like, moov'd with no affection” (1.236). The similarity between Matilda ...
Alison Chapman, 2013
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Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His ...
(AW 1.3.213, Helen), OED Riddle s//.4b; saint-like 'of saintly character': A Saint- like Sorrow: (WT 5.1.2, Cleomenes), OED Saint-like [d580]; *sea-like 'in a naval manner': and Fleete, threatning most Sea-like. (AC 3.13.174, Antony); *serpent- like ...
Norman Blake, Norman Francis Blake, 2006
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Spiritual Treasure of Saint Rāmadāsa
There are also other characteristics of an ideal saint. Like Ramadasa, he should also first do and have thee xperience for himself, and then preach others to do the same. Never will he be tired of putting forth efforts; for, this to Ramadasa, ...
Vinayak Hari Date, 1975
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The Message: A Conversation with Christ and the Events That ...
Karen: I almost feel like it's a patron saint. Like, you know... Peter: Well, there's Mother Theresa, Karen: Yeah, but I'm just saying... Like someone... Isn't there a Saint Theresa or is that Mother Theresa that they made her a Saint? Peter: They did ...
Peter Mercuro, 2007
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
Saint-Jean 581 Sake Saint-Jean. Saint-Sauveur, Notre-Dame, Saint-Pierre, Saint -Jean 988.19 Red Cotton 2.279 Saint like. "I were as saint-like, could contain me so. 681.76 R. and B. 2.1248 Saintliness. Show saintliness that's simply innocent ...
9
Virtue Ethics
These moral demands would 'crowd-out' all sorts of other non-moral activities, like the pursuit of intellectual and aesthetic pleasures, so no University studies or gallery visits for our moral saint; like the enjoyment of material comforts, so no ...
Nafsika Athanassoulis, 2013
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The new universal English dictionary. Buchanan
Holy j sacred. i The crown virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants. Amongst the enthron'd gods on sainted hills. Milton. SAINT-LIKE. I. Suiting a faint, be* coming a faint. If still thou dost retain The fame ill habits, the fame follies ...
Nathan Bailey, James Buchanan (grammarian), 1760

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAINT-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saint-like is used in the context of the following news items.
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Get Ready For Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee's To Kill A …
The vast majority of Mockingbird readers remember Atticus as a saint-like character, standing up for tolerance and justice in a town rife with racial tensions, and ... «DCist.com, Jul 15»
2
Old fogey-ism isn't user friendly
We were, as you can tell, nearly saint-like, nearly perfect little citizens. Now we are approaching — at warp speed — the age formerly considered to be elderly. «Piqua Daily Call, Jul 15»
3
Drama of mother starving baby grips Venice fest
A film portraying New York City mother who starves her baby because she thinks he is saint-like and food contains impurities has caused a stir at the Venice Film ... «Indian Express, Sep 14»
4
I'm a Dependent Sassy Woman Who Don't Need No Man
Those saint-like single mothers who break their backs to keep their kids in school and whip anyone who dares to say her kids can't; those who fight for life ... «Uloop News, Jul 14»
5
Menendez, Sessions fight over legacy of immigration activist Cesar …
Progressives and Latino lobbies are trying to make Chavez into a saint-like political figure for Hispanics by rewriting Chavez's history of pro-American activism. «Daily Caller, Apr 14»
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World Cup: Graham Zusi not expecting saint-like reception with …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Next week, Graham Zusi will face Mexico for the first time since grateful fans there canonized him for saving El Tri's World Cup hopes. «Major League Soccer, Mar 14»
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Daniel Gordis' Begin biography teaches liberals and leftists can't be …
In portraying a saint-like Begin, Gordis is attempting to silence contemporary critics of today's Likud-led government. By Samuel Thrope | Mar. 7, 2014 | 8:11 PM | ... «Haaretz, Mar 14»
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A Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell
On the other extreme, one could imagine oneself to be saint-like. Both of these extremes are projected upon me by others. Could I live in forgiveness, yet choose ... «RadioWest, Nov 13»
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Saint-like
Fourth-graders at Huntington Catholic School researched a specific saint, even creating a costume to dress like the saint, in preparation for the observation of All ... «Huntington Country TAB, Nov 12»
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'NY Med' premiere review: Doctors and nurses with saint-like
If you've seen any of the other ABC medical documentaries overseen by producer Terence Wrong (Boston Med in 2010; Hopkins in 2008), you know that NY ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 12»

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