godlike

[god·like]

Someone who's godlike is so wonderful, beautiful, or good that they resemble a god. To very young children, many adults seem godlike simply because they are large and powerful.

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Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.

Adjective S.
being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "''Tis wise to learn; ''tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe

Adjective S.
appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref


a.
Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.


Godlike

God"like` , a. [God + like. Cf. Godly.] Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n.

Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.

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Usage Examples

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

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Other Usage Examples

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

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