Sphinx in English dictionary

  • sphinx

    Meanings and definitions of "Sphinx"

    • (mythology) A creature with the head of a human and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
    • A person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret.
    • noun
      (mythology)
      A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
    • noun
      A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person.
    • noun
      Cynocephalus sphinx, a kind of baboon.
    • noun
      A sphinx moth.
    • noun
      (rare)
      A sphincter.
    • verb
      To decorate with sphinxes
    • verb
      To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
    • verb
      To be inscrutable, often through silence
    • verb
      To make one guess at the unknowable
    • verb
      To befuddle
    • verb
      For the feminine to co-opt, dominate, or devour the masculine, especially from a paranoid fear of this happening
    • taxonomic terms (animals)
    • A mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
    • mythology: creature with the head of a human and the body of an animal
    • person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
    • noun
      an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
    • noun
      one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

    Synonyms of "Sphinx" in English dictionary

    mortal, soul, person are the top synonyms of "Sphinx" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Sphinx

    • sphinx ( plural  sphinxes)
    • sphinx (plural sphinxes or sphinges)
    • sphinx (third-person singular simple present sphinxes, present participle sphinxing, simple past and past participle sphinxed)
  • Sphinx

    Meanings and definitions of "Sphinx"

    • (usually with " the ") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
    • (mythology) The demon of destruction and bad luck in Greek mythology.
    • proper
      (usually with "the")
      An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
    • proper
      (Greek mythology)
      One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who commited suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.
    • large monument in Egypt
    • demon of destruction and bad luck
    • noun
      (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
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