{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. métaphorique. ] Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unobjectionable

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
[ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

metaphorische

metaphorical[Add to Longdo]

metaphorisch { adv }

metaphorically[Add to Longdo]

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飲む(P);呑む;飮む(oK);服む(iK)

[のむ, nomu](v5m, vt) (1) (呑む is often used metaphorically; 服む is often used for medicine) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; (2) (also written 喫む) to smoke (tobacco); (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (4) to keep down; to suppress; (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (6) to make light of; to conceal; (P)#12235[Add to Longdo]

たとえ歌;譬え歌;喩え歌

[たとえうた, tatoeuta](n) (1) (See 譬喩歌) metaphorical poem (of the Man'yoshu); (2) (See 六義・2) metaphorical form (of waka)[Add to Longdo]

雲鬢花顔

[うんびんかがん, unbinkagan](n) beautiful woman (metaphorical)[Add to Longdo]

行雲流水

[こううんりゅうすい, kouunryuusui](n) (metaphorically) floating with the tide[Add to Longdo]

糸瓜;糸爪(iK);天糸瓜

[へちま(gikun), hechima (gikun)](n) (1) sponge gourd; dishcloth gourd; loofah; (2) sponge cucumber; (3) (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless[Add to Longdo]

耳に胼胝ができる;耳にたこができる

[みみにたこができる, miminitakogadekiru](exp, v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears[Add to Longdo]

食い付く;食いつく;食らい付く;食付く

[くいつく(食い付く;食いつく;食付く);くらいつく(食らい付く), kuitsuku ( kui tsuku ; kui tsuku ; shoku tsuku ); kuraitsuku ( kura i tsuku )](v5k, vi) (1) to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; (2) to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into[Add to Longdo]

振るう;揮う;振う(io)

[ふるう, furuu](v5u, vt) (1) (See 槍を振るう, 奮う) to swing; to wield (physically); to exert; (2) (See 威を振るう) to exercise; to wield (metaphorically); (3) to flourish; to prosper; to thrive[Add to Longdo]

比喩表現

[ひゆひょうげん, hiyuhyougen](n) { ling } figurative expression; metaphorical expression[Add to Longdo]

百日鬘

[ひゃくにちかずら;ひゃくにちかつら, hyakunichikazura ; hyakunichikatsura](n) long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)[Add to Longdo]

門戸を開く

[もんこをひらく, monkowohiraku](exp, v5k) to (metaphorically) open the door (to)[Add to Longdo]

例えに言う;たとえに言う

[たとえにいう, tatoeniiu](exp, v5u) to speak metaphorically[Add to Longdo]

勁草

[けいそう, keisou](n) wind-resistant blade of grass; resistant idea (metaphorically)[Add to Longdo]

譬喩歌

[ひゆか, hiyuka](n) metaphorical poem (of the Man'yoshu)[Add to Longdo]

鎹

[かすがい, kasugai](n) (1) (uk) clamp; cramp (metal); (2) tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)[Add to Longdo]

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