dervish

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Dervis

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sufi fakir ascetic Whirling Dervish muslim mystic mullah puritan mufti sheik imam sheikh maniac yogi calender
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Antonyms

playboy rascal team rogue libertine degenerate
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Hypernyms

fakir fakeer faquir faqir

Hyponyms

whirler Whirling Dervish

Anagrams

shrived

Examples

Hitler is a dancing dervish. He must be shot down. Henning von Tresckow

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish. Scott Weiland

The Vine had struck a fibre: which about If clings my being - let the Dervish flout; Of my Base metal may be filed a Key, That shall unlock the Door he howls without. Omar Khayyám

A man said to a Dervish: "Why do I not see you more often?” The Dervish replied, "Because the words ‘Why have you not been to see me?' are sweeter to my ear than the words ‘Why have you come again? Robert Greene

Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition. Stephen Kinzer

How is that possible?” "To a Wizard, anything is possible,” the Dervish said with more than a hint of scorn. "Or so they lead themselves to believe. Sheri S. Tepper

Close letter words and terms

dervillite dervis dervise Dervish state dervishhood dervishlike