gemlike
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɛmˌlaɪk/
:
parecido a una gema
- The artist used vibrant colors to create a gemlike quality in the painting.
Examples
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The sunlight reflected off the lake, giving it a gemlike sparkle.
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To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame.
Fiction book (1995) -
After firing, it becomes a congealed, gemlike mass.
Academic text (2006) -
These gemlike colors?
Fiction book (1993) -
I find it such a shame that authors like this get such fame and fortune for writing such dross when there are these beautiful gemlike books being written all the time that don't achieve half the popularity.
Blog text (22) -
Her dress shone with a gemlike brilliance that caught everyone's eye.
Synonyms
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6.3
Very famous and admired for great skill or success
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A shiny surface like a pearl that shows rainbow colors when you move it
Bright and shiny like a jewel
Being very shiny and hard like a diamond
Having a shiny surface that shows soft changing colors like a pearl
Very rare and valuable for advice or ideas
Antonyms
How Gemlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gemlike comes from gem, meaning 'a precious stone', and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So gemlike means 'like a gem', shining, clear, and beautiful.