"See, on the citadel, all grim with gore, / red-robed, and with the Gorgon shield aglow, / Tritonian Pallas bids the conflict roar."
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Gorgon
//ˈɡɔːrɡən//
Synonyms for "gorgon" (22 found)
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Related words (11)
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27 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Γοργώ noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Armenian
1 entries- գորգոն noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Catalan
1 entries- gorgona noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 戈尔贡 noun (monster in Greek mythology)
- 戈耳工 noun (monster in Greek mythology)
- 戈耳贡 noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Danish
1 entries- gorgon noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Esperanto
1 entries- gorgono noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Finnish
1 entries- gorgo noun (monster in Greek mythology)
French
2 entries- gorgone noun (monster in Greek mythology)
- gorgone noun (intimidating, ugly or disgusting woman)
Georgian
1 entries- გორგონი noun (monster in Greek mythology)
German
2 entries- Gorgo noun (monster in Greek mythology)
- Gorgone noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Italian
1 entries- Gorgone noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Japanese
1 entries- ゴルゴン noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Latin
1 entries- Gorgō noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Middle English
1 entries- gorgon noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Occitan
1 entries- gorgona noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Polish
1 entries- gorgona noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Portuguese
1 entries- górgona noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Romanian
1 entries- gorgonă noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Russian
4 entries- горго́на noun (monster in Greek mythology)
- горго́на noun (intimidating, ugly or disgusting woman)
- меге́ра noun (intimidating, ugly or disgusting woman)
- меду́за noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Spanish
1 entries- gorgona noun (monster in Greek mythology)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I'll shrowd this Gorgon from all humane view.
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Swilling martinis and spewing venom, Phyllis is a particularly unappetizing gorgon, telling us at one point that an acquaintance of hers is aroused by the Heimlich maneuver.
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Uillain I tel thee, were that Tamburlaine As monſtrous as Gorgon, prince of Hel, The Souldan would not ſtart a foot from him.
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