Godlike
//ˈɡɑdlaɪk// adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having the characteristics of a god.
"Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!"
- 2 Similar or comparable to God, the sole deity of a monotheistic religion.
- 3 Characteristic of a god.
"And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky."
Adjective
- 1 being or having the nature of a god wordnet
- 2 appropriate to or befitting a god wordnet
Example
More examples""What happy ages did thy birth delight? / What godlike parents bore a child so bright?""
Etymology
Etymology 1
From god + -like.
Etymology 2
From God + -like; compare godlike.
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