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antimetaphorical

antimetaphorical adjective: opposing or avoiding the use of metaphor.

Adjective

antimetaphorical (comparative more antimetaphorical, superlative most antimetaphorical)

  1. Opposing or avoiding the use of metaphor.

Forms of antimetaphorical

comparativemore antimetaphorical
superlativemost antimetaphorical

Origin of antimetaphorical

From anti- + metaphorical.

Questions about antimetaphorical

What does antimetaphorical mean?
Antimetaphorical means opposing or avoiding the use of metaphor.
What part of speech is antimetaphorical?
Antimetaphorical is an adjective.

Words near antimetaphorical in the dictionary

  1. antimetabolic
  2. antimetabolite
  3. antimetabolites
  4. antimetalloproteinase
  5. antimetamorphic
  6. antimetaphorical
  7. antimetaphysical
  8. antimetaphysicalism
  9. antimetaphysicalist
  10. antimetaphysicalists
  11. antimetaphysicality

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