statuelike
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Statuelike — Stat ue*like (st[a^]ch [=oo]*l[imac]k or st[a^]t [ u]*l[imac]k ), a. Like a statue; motionless. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
statuelike — Synonyms and related words: at a standstill, at anchor, dead still, fixed, idle, immobile, immotive, marmoreal, monumental, motionless, moveless, out of commission, riding at anchor, sculptitory, sculptural, sculpturesque, static, stationary,… … Moby Thesaurus
statue — statuelike, adj. /stach ooh/, n. a three dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like. [1300 50; ME < MF < L statua, n. deriv. of statuere to… … Universalium
plastique — /pla steek /; Fr. /plann steek /, n. 1. a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing. 2. See plastic explosive. [1795 1805; < F: PLASTIC] * * * … Universalium
sculpturesque — adjective Like or suggesting sculpture: shapely, statuelike, etc … Wiktionary
at a standstill — Synonyms and related words: adamant, adamantine, as is, as per usual, as things are, as usual, at a halt, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at an impasse, at anchor, baffled, bewildered, dead still, firm, fixed, frozen, idle, immobile,… … Moby Thesaurus
fixed — Synonyms and related words: abiding, absolute, acknowledged, admitted, admitting no exception, agreed, aground, aligned, all up with, all out, anchored, arranged, arrayed, arrested, ascertained, assigned, assorted, assured, at a standstill, at… … Moby Thesaurus
idle — Synonyms and related words: abortive, absurd, airy, amble, ambling, asinine, asleep, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, baseless, be a sideliner, be still, bootless, brogue, bum, bum around, catchpenny,… … Moby Thesaurus
immobile — Synonyms and related words: abiding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, at anchor, changeless, constant, contemplative, continuing, dead still, do nothing, dormant, durable, enduring, firm, fixed, frozen, idle, immotile, immotive, immovable,… … Moby Thesaurus
monumental — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Olympian, abject, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous, amplitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, astronomical, awe inspiring, awesome, awful,… … Moby Thesaurus
