godlike
pronunciation
How to pronounce godlike in British English:
UK [ˈgɒdlaɪk]
How to pronounce godlike in American English:
US [ˈgɑdlaɪk]
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- Adjective:
- appropriate to or befitting a god
- being or having the nature of a god
Word Origin
- godlike (adj.)
- 1510s, from god + like (adj.). Absent in Middle English; Old English had godlic "godlike, divine."
Example
- 1. The doctors are very conscious of their godlike role .
- 2. The general 's supporters endow him with an almost godlike status .
- 3. This song is for those of you who feel you have the godlike power to take away life .
- 4. Although zheng 's story had been suppressed for centuries in china he was a godlike presence in southeast asia and beyond .
- 5. Narcissists such as the kennedys have an overwhelming need to foster fantasies of omnipotence and other godlike qualities --- to believe that they are entitled to get away with thellongs that others cannot ---- in order to compensate for deep feelings of vulnerability .