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[ sem-bluhns ] / ˈsɛm bləns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR semblance ON THESAURUS.COM
nounoutward aspect or appearance. an assumed or unreal appearance; show. the slightest appearance or trace. a likeness, image, or copy. a spectral appearance; apparition. Origin of semblance1250–1300; Middle English <Middle French, equivalent to sembl(er) to seem (see resemble) + -ance-ance SYNONYMS FOR semblance1 aspect, exterior, mien, air. 2 seeming. SEE SYNONYMS FOR semblance ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby semblanceSemarang, semasiology, sematic, sematology, semblable, semblance, semé, semei-, semeiotic, semeiotics, Semele Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for semblanceAnd any semblance of normality that had previously existed seemed to have evaporated. How WWI Produced the Holocaust|J.P. O’Malley|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Still, amid the uncertainty the residents of Bab al-Salameh do their best to carve a semblance of order into their lives. Millions of Refugees from Syria’s War Are Clinging to Life In Toxic Conditions|Christopher Looney|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST And it was clear we would not even maintain a semblance of friendship. My Therapist Dumped Me|Lizzie Crocker|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST It took months, she said, for any semblance of normality to take root. Two Decades After Genocide, Rwanda’s Women Have Made the Nation Thrive|Nina Strochlic|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First, the Neesonesque action hero must convey some semblance of hard-earned depth, which helps older viewers identify. Why Respected Screen Veterans Are Following Liam Neeson’s Footsteps|Andrew Romano|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then Rhun began jesting with the maid, who still kept the semblance of her mistress. The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest Nevill's expression was most peculiar as he spoke, and the semblance of a smile hovered about his lips. In Friendship's Guise|Wm. Murray Graydon Callous, self-dependent in semblance, think what her sufferings are, empaled by memory and conscience. There was no bitterness between the friends, no semblance of an estrangement of any sort. Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine That House is no representative of the people at all, even in "semblance" or "in form." The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
British Dictionary definitions for semblance
nounoutward appearance, esp without any inner substance or reality a resemblance or copy Word Origin for semblanceC13: from Old French, from sembler to seem, from Latin simulāre to imitate, from similis like Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to semblancepretense, veneer, bearing, figure, similarity, feel, image, alikeness, aspect, facade, air, simulacrum, resemblance, mood, mien, show, affinity, analogy, similitude, form |