Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unsaintlike.

Examples

  • They are as strong as men, and as beautiful, some of them, as saints; but they are very unsaintlike creatures really -- irresponsible, and with little or no idea of right and wrong.

    Ideala Sarah Grand

  • Indeed the saint, as drawn in the Lives, is, as already hinted, a very unsaintlike individual -- almost as ready to curse as to pray and certainly very much more likely to smite the aggressor than to present to him the other cheek.

    Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore Anonymous

  • Gentleness was the characteristick of Moses, yet he hesitated not to reply to Jehovah himself, with unsaintlike tongue he murmured at the waters of strife, and with rash hands he break the tables, which were inscribed by the finger of divinity.

    On the Equality of the Sexes 1790

  • Indeed the saint, as drawn in the Lives, is, as already hinted, a very unsaintlike individual ” almost as ready to curse as to pray and certainly very much more likely to smite the aggressor than to present to him the other cheek.

    Lives of SS Declan and Mochuda Anonymous 1914

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.