larger than life
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case; of larger size than life-size.
adj
Very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Snevellicci's papa looked very big indeed—several sizes larger than life."
- "At uniform intervals round the base of the pedestal, four naked figures in chains, somewhat larger than life, are seated in various attitudes of humiliation and despair."
- "I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light / He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon / And he's gotta be larger than life"
- "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life, perhaps."
- "And the next time / That I saw you / You were larger than life / You came and you conquered / You were doing alright"
- "Nor has he cultivated the kind of flamboyant style with which his country became well acquainted in larger-than-life leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping."