epithets
- plural of epithet.
Example Sentences
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Epithets, though, are collaborative — which is appropriate because they’re part name, part role, part feeling.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022
Epithets from "faux-naive", "impenetrable" and "wacky" have been employed in an attempt to define him.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2019
Epithets uttered in irony can be repeated in earnest.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2018
Epithets included “used-car salesman,” “hothead” and “nightclub bouncer,” and some wondered why he always had one hand in his pocket.
From New York Times • May 20, 2015
Epithets lend an atmosphere and overtones to our devotion.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William
