Definition of Epithet
a word or phrase that describes a person or thing
Examples of Epithet in a sentence
The epithet “Curly” is used to describe the big football player with the curly hair.
Although the epithet “nerd” was once thought uncool, today the word is associated with some of the richest men on the planet.
Gwen earned the epithet of “fastest woman on earth” after winning four gold medals in track in the last Olympics.
Because Janet could not gain weight no matter how much she ate, she did not appreciate the epithet of “beanpole”.
Franklin took the epithet about his racial background as an insult.
Whenever I think of my elderly grandfather’s twenty-year-old wife, the epithet “gold-digger” comes to mind.
Sarah did not appreciate people calling her the epithet of “poor little rich girl” whenever she complained about the drawbacks of having celebrity parents.
Although John heard the epithet his enemy used to describe him, he simply walked away from the argument.
“Loving wife and mother” was the epithet my father placed on my mother’s headstone.
During the war, the cruel general earned the epithet of “Dr. Death” because he murdered thousands of people.
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