semblance

semblance
1. n книжн. подобие, сходство

it had more the semblance of a dream than of actual occurrence — это было больше похоже на сон, чем на действительность

2. n книжн. наружность, вид

to bear the semblance of an angel and the heart of a devil — иметь вид ангела и душу дьявола

he put on a semblance of anger — он сделал вид, что сердится, он притворился рассерженным

3. n книжн. видимость, вид

a mere semblance of friendship — лишь видимость дружбы

the semblance of a trial — судебная комедия; подстроенный судебный процесс

semblance of success — видимость успеха

put into semblance — создавать видимость

putting into semblance — создание видимости

semblance of progress — видимость прогресса

Синонимический ряд:
1. air (noun) air; atmosphere; aura; feel; feeling; mood
2. appearance (noun) appearance; appearances; aspect; bearing; exterior; form; guise; look; mien; seeming; show; showing; simulacrum
3. depiction (noun) depiction; image; representation
4. likeness (noun) affinity; alikeness; analogy; comparison; likeness; resemblance; similarity; simile; similitude
5. mask (noun) cloak; color; coloring; colour; colouring; cover; disguise; disguisement; facade; face; false front; front; gloss; mask; masquerade; muffler; pretence; pretense; pretext; put-on; veil; veneer; window dressing; window-dressing
6. suggestion (noun) ghost; hair; hint; intimation; shade; shadow; strain; streak; suggestion; tinge; touch; trace; whisker; whisper

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  • semblance — ⇒SEMBLANCE, subst. fém. Vieilli ou littér. A. Au sing. Apparence, aspect sous lequel se présente quelqu un ou quelque chose et qui évoque quelqu un ou quelque chose de comparable. Il était devenu tout à fait joli homme, ayant (...) toute une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • semblance — Semblance, Similitudo, Simulachrum, Effigies, Species. Semblance d aucun, Imago. Semblance et representation de quelque chose, Idolum idoli. La semblance des choses que nostre pensée à conceuës, Spectrum. Quelque semblance et approche de diverses …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Semblance — Sem blance, n. [F. See {Semblable}, a.] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. [1913 Webster] Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • semblance — c.1300, fact of appearing to view, from O.Fr. semblance, semblant likeness, appearance, from sembler to seem, appear, from L. simulare to resemble, imitate, from similis like (see SIMILAR (Cf. similar)). Meaning person s appearance or demeanor is …   Etymology dictionary

  • semblance — Semblance. s. f. Image, figure de quelque chose. Il n a guere d usage que dans cette phrase, Dieu a fait l homme à son image & semblance …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • semblance — I noun air, appearance, aspect, bearing, closeness, copy, counterpart, effect, example, exterior, guise, identity, illusion, image, imago, likeness, look, mien, outward form, replica, representation, resemblance, sameness, show, similarity,… …   Law dictionary

  • semblance — *appearance, look, aspect Analogous words: *likeness, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinity: *pose, affectation, air: *form, figure, shape …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • semblance — [n] aura, appearance affinity, air, alikeness, analogy, aspect, bearing, comparison, facade, face, false front*, feel, feeling, figure, form, front, guise, image, likeness, mask, mien, mood, pose, pretense, resemblance, seeming, show, showing,… …   New thesaurus

  • semblance — ► NOUN ▪ the outward appearance or apparent form of something. ORIGIN from Old French sembler seem , from Latin similare simulate …   English terms dictionary

  • semblance — [sem′bləns] n. [ME < OFr < sembler, to seem, appear < L similare, to make like < similis, like: see SAME] 1. outward form or appearance; aspect 2. seeming likeness; resemblance 3. a likeness, image, or representation 4. false, assumed …   English World dictionary

  • semblance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ vague ▪ Brad had his emotions under a vague semblance of control. VERB + SEMBLANCE ▪ have ▪ lack ▪ T …   Collocations dictionary


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