Akin
[ə'kɪn]
Definition
(adj.) related by blood .
(adj.) similar in quality or character; 'a feeling akin to terror'; 'kindred souls'; 'the amateur is closely related to the collector' .
Edited by Bertram--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
(a.) Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Editor: Peter
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Kin, related, allied, kindred, cognate, congenial, homogeneous, analogous, similar, parallel, of a piece.
Inputed by Heinrich
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Related, agnate, cognate, homogeneous, similar, consanguineous, congenial,allied, sympathetic
ANT:Unrelated, unconnected, foreign, alien, heterogeneous, uncongenial, hostile,unallied, antagonistic, unsympathetic, dissimilar
Edited by Cary
Definition
adj. of kin: related by blood: having the same properties.
Typist: Veronica
Examples
- Lambert (1728-1777), Kant found a genius akin to his own, and through him hoped for a reformation of philosophy on the basis of the study of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His expression grew very grave as he spoke, and a look of something akin to fear sprang up in his eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the subordination of particulars to general principles he experienced a satisfaction akin to the sen se of beauty or the joy of artistic production. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When love is no longer akin to hate, then brotherhood will exist: we are very far from that state at present. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If only we could look closelier, we should see through all these sixty centuries a procession of lives more and more akin in their fashion to our own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Somewhat akin to this is a shrewd comment on one feature of the Exposition: I spent several days in the Exposition at Paris. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The parents at home had acquiesced in the arrangement, though, between ourselves, old Mr. Sedley had a feeling very much akin to contempt for his son. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The singing was interrupted by laughing and talking; never was merry ditty so sadly timed, never laughter more akin to tears. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But is passion a third principle, or akin to desire? Plato. The Republic.
- Such sensations, however, were too near akin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And is there anything more akin to wisdom than truth? Plato. The Republic.
- Akin to these are the suggestively-befriended beggars. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Is it a third, or akin to one of the preceding? Plato. The Republic.
- Or that his nature, being such as we have delineated, is akin to the highest good? Plato. The Republic.
- That the philosopher is a lover of truth, having a nature akin to the best? Plato. The Republic.
- His dress was rich with a richness which would, in England, be looked upon as akin to bad taste. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A feeling of repulsion, and of something akin to fear had begun to rise within me at the strange antics of this fleshless man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And do you consider truth to be akin to proportion or to disproportion? Plato. The Republic.
- Closely akin to this is another electrical development most pleasing to consider. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The original population of the larger part of Asia Minor may perhaps have been akin to the original population of Greece and Crete. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Will they not be sophisms captivating to the ear, having nothing in them genuine, or worthy of or akin to true wisdom? Plato. The Republic.
- It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The lineaments which will get embodied in ideals based upon this new recognition will probably be akin to those of Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- More; he irritated it, with a kind of perverse pleasure akin to that which a sick man sometimes has in irritating a wound upon his body. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I should be inclined to say--akin to desire. Plato. The Republic.
- Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Their language was closely akin to Hebrew. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She is, I suspect, akin to that Solitude which I once wooed, and from which I now seek a divorce. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The comets are to be regarded as parts of the system, akin to the planets, but more remote from the control of the centripetal forc e of the sun. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- An enthusiastic transport, akin to happiness, burst, like a sudden ray from the sun, on our darkened life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Veronica