cherubic
/t͡ʃɪˈɹuː.bɪk/
cherubic adjective: of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.
Adjective
cherubic (comparative more cherubic, superlative most cherubic)
- Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.
- His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96
- There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?2000 September 23, Michele Jenkinson, “West Country Living: My blind date with my new home”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar...
- Synonyms:
- angelical, cherubical, cherublike, angelic, angellike, angelly, seraphic
- Antonyms:
- uncherubic
- Of, or like a baby; infantile
cherubic meaning in Malayalam
cherubic in Malayalam
- angelic, sweet, cute
- നിഷ്കളങ്കസ്വരൂപമായ, ഓമനയായ, വശ്യതയുള്ള, ചാരുതയുള്ള, ഓമനത്തമുള്ള, കിന്നാരൻ
Examples of cherubic in a sentence
- the flyaway pale curls and his round, cherubic face2019, pukner, A Nanny? In MY Summoning Circle?, ArchiveOfOurOwn:
- Seriously, dude?” “She had cherubic cheeks.2022 January 13, James Gunn, “A Whole New Whirled” (26:41 from the start), in Peacemaker, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Peacemaker (John...
Synonyms of cherubic
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Antonyms
Forms of cherubic
| comparative | more cherubic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cherubic |
Origin of cherubic
From cherub + -ic.
Words formed from cherubic
Questions about cherubic
- What does cherubic mean?
- Cherubic means of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.
- What is cherubic in Malayalam?
- Cherubic in Malayalam is നിഷ്കളങ്കസ്വരൂപമായ, ഓമനയായ, വശ്യതയുള്ള. See Cherubic meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use cherubic in a sentence?
- the flyaway pale curls and his round, cherubic face
- What part of speech is cherubic?
- Cherubic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cherubic?
- Cherubic is pronounced /t͡ʃɪˈɹuː.bɪk/.
Words near cherubic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cherubic (page history and authors); cherubic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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