As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
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Hieroglyphic
//ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk//
Synonyms for "hieroglyphic" (74 found)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- jeroglífic adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
- jeroglífic adj (difficult to decipher)
- jeroglífic noun (a writing system)
Dutch
1 entries- hiëroglifisch adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
Esperanto
1 entries- hieroglifa adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
French
1 entries- hiéroglyphique adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
Galician
1 entries- xeróglifo noun (a writing system)
German
2 entries- hieroglyphisch adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
- hieroglyphisch adj (difficult to decipher)
Hebrew
1 entries- כתב חרטומים \ כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים noun (a writing system)
Italian
2 entries- geroglifico adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
- geroglifico noun (a writing system)
Korean
1 entries- 상형문자의 adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
Russian
2 entries- иероглифи́ческий adj (of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols)
- иерогли́фика noun (a writing system)
Spanish
1 entries- jeroglífico noun (a writing system)
Tagalog
1 entries- heroglipiko noun (a writing system)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ієроглі́фіка noun (a writing system)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I must say, that, at the coronation, there was little vestige left as possible "of the charms that pleased a king." "She looked," Lady Mary Wortley said, "like an Egyptian mummy, wrought with hieroglyphics of gold."
Source: wiktionary
The hieroglyphics or symbols, however, were reversed, just as though they had been pressed on wax.
Source: wiktionary
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Source: wiktionary
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