sainted

Questions about sainted

What does sainted mean?

sainted means "marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint".

How many syllables are in sainted?

sainted has 2 syllables: sain-ted. The stress falls on "sain". In IPA it is /ˈseɪntɪd/.

What is another word for sainted?

Close synonyms include angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sainted a common word?

sainted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.