cherubic

Examples

• All

• Claire had claimed Michel's cherubic smile was what made him sexy.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Perhaps I was discomfited by the cherubic smile that advertised his faith, all the more so since he evinced the passion of a convert.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I have no patience for even the most cherubic of children.

  Harvard University

• Underneath that cherubic face, devil lives inside you.

  Good Boys (2019)

• First, the little boy, cherubic face puckered in sleep.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The little girl gazed at him with that pure, cherubic look he'd grown so attached to.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Even though I was thirty-five, I still had a look some cultures called angelic: blonde hair, blue eyes, a round and cherubic face.

  Fiction book (2000)

• A cherubic-looking man with a long white beard, Huggins was recalled by many as kind and helpful.

  Academic text (1990)

• Renovation work started later that year under the watchful eye of Jochen Weppler, a construction manager with a cherubic face and an easy smile.

  Academic text (2008)

• A cherubic, curly-headed child clambers onto the rough table, his chubby hand reaching toward an array of lethal implements.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

S

sweet

vscherubic

∞ 1.1

Kind and gentle in a way that makes others comfortable

is more focused on outward childlike sweetness and appearance than that general gentleness

A

angelic

vscherubic

32 4.0

Kind, pure, and innocent in a way that seems like an angel

is more specifically sweet and childlike in appearance than that broad sense

S

sweet-faced

vscherubic

1 3.9

Having a pleasant, gentle face that looks kind

is more clearly childlike and angelic in appearance than that gentle look

A

angelical

vscherubic

1 7.9

Very kind, pure, and gentle in a way that feels innocent

is more tied to sweet childlike appearance than that exceptional moral tone

S

seraphic

vscherubic

• Literature

1 9.9

Being pure and peaceful like an angel

is softer and more childlike in sweet appearance than the lofty purity

B

babylike

vscherubic

3.1

Having the looks, voice, or behavior of a baby

is more angelic and sweet in appearance rather than merely childlike

Antonyms

S

sinister

87 6.1

Giving a feeling that something bad will happen

M

malevolent

22 8.0

Wanting to harm others

How Angelic

angelic

32 4.0

cherubic

3 7.4

innocent

54 3.4

sweet

∞ 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology