Definition of angel in English:

angel

nounˈeɪndʒ(ə)lˈeɪndʒəl

1A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.
God sent an angel to talk to Gideon
the Angel of Death
Example sentencesExamples
- Like the Virgin Mary, who believed what the angel told her about God's plan of salvation, Philip also believed the angel's message.
- He believes he is an angel waiting for his wings to grow.
- I cried myself to sleep that night, but I believe God's angels were with me in that room.
- He sends forth the angels as His messengers, with two, three or four pairs of wings.
- Admittedly, this vision is far removed from the Christmas angels' announcement of peace on earth and good will among men.
- Mary inquired in order that we might learn from the angel concerning that conception which is a sublime matter beyond understanding.
- Righteous angels did appear to humans quite often throughout Bible History, but they never did it in a ‘haunting’ or obscure manner.
- The three strangers were really three angels sent by God to allow Abraham to perform the kindness he longed to do, in spite of his pain and incapacitation.
- At his feet is a heavenly host of angels in white robes with harps.
- Flying is reflected in images of deities and winged angels carrying sacred messages and warnings.
- Jewish tradition emphasizes that the Torah was given not to angels but to human beings.
- The figures seem to fly like angels through a celestial space, painted on a great altarpiece.
- Traditional Christmas cribs have shepherds, angels, kings and a variety of animals in the bit parts.
- According to the scriptures angels are messengers of God and visitors from heaven.
- Flapping his great wings like a real angel of death come for the new-born he inhaled deeply, his eyes becoming two gleaming points in the dark sky.
- Against all other evidence, she was able to believe what the angel told her because she had been in the habit of believing the unbelievable all her life.
- In fact, the angel of death has intruded on their ordinary civilian lives for more than one century now.
- They have the same ethereal qualities so to speak, as angels, and they're also messengers because an angel is also a messenger.
- Vera is so touching that she tears at your heart and clouds your judgment as to whether she is an angel of mercy or an angel of death.
- Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John.
Synonyms
messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit
1. 1.1 An attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one.
  there was an angel watching over me
  See also guardian angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  A parent can try to control a child's behavior by convincing the child that an angel is always watching over him or her.
  My mom tells me that an angel is always watching over me and helping me to get over the bar.
  They were my family's angels and they watched over my kids so they didn't have to be taken into care.
  Ultimately, demons are the manifested expression of our fears, while angels - and spirit guides, etc - are as real as us and are with us to help us grow.
  I watched as my angel flew softly up to heaven to wait to be born again.
  You and Diana are up there, with angels watching over you, I know.
  Perhaps he really does need an angel watching over his career, especially after splitting from his regular co-writer Guy Chambers.
  I see the angels watching over me and Manne from the ceiling above and I look to my left and David is standing beside me and I see my mother and father, arms linked, near the open door of our bedroom.
  The mother dedicated her time in Knock to walking around the church praying for an angel to watch over her daughter in her absence.
  We are told this is an exploration of hope and desire, ‘a dream of an extraordinary world where angels watch over you while storm clouds gather’.
  She trembled in fear, and watched, as her angel, and her bully began to fight.
  Now I am your angel watching over you, guiding you, and taking care of you in my little ways.
  The only thing that I could think of was that there had been an angel watching over him.
  It was like I had a dark angel watching over me and caring for my well-being.
  Sophie knew that if there were angels, they were watching.
  Good luck can be attributed to guardian spirits or angels.
  For a while there he thought he was in heaven and that was an angel watching him.
  I never had anyone who paid attention, except for the angel that's watching over me from heaven.
  He hated himself for that. But he didn't cry, he never cried… as long as there was an angel watching over him.
  Where angels are all benevolence and guardianship, the fairy is a good-time girl.
  Synonyms
  messenger of God, divine/heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit
2. 1.2 (in traditional Christian angelology) a being of the lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the Western traditions they are called angels.
  Depending on what potentiality he develops, he may become a plant, an animal, a celestial being, an angel, or he may even be unified with God himself.
  Man is a little lower than the angels and so was Christ as a man.
  The third comprises the angels, whose law is Celestial.
  For instance, in order to draw an angel, a pure soul in heaven, Frank Floreani shows a child's head with wings attached to the neck.
  Synonyms
  seraph
3. 1.3
  short for Hells Angel
2A person of exemplary conduct or virtue.
I know I'm no angel
their parents think they are angels
Example sentencesExamples
- He was no angel, but he was his own person and wasn't involved with gangs.
- Different people brought out different sides of him, and he was known to be an angel to those he liked and a devil to those he despised.
- She had a bad part in her when she was on drugs, she was certainly no angel then.
- In the opening lines, the reader is thrust straight into the clammy, dark, bitter atmosphere of a pawnbroker's on Christmas Day, run by a man who immediately admits that he is no angel.
- In this case, we are treating women like they are saints, angels, or paragons of virtue.
- At the time though I didn't know any of this and though I knew John was no angel I thought he would never hurt anyone like Aled had hurt me.
- We were all rascals when we were growing up, I was no angel myself, but what I did have, and still do is respect for my elders and people in authority.
- By good people I don't mean saints or angels, but people who, for all their complexity, want to do the right thing.
- I am not expecting you to be an angel and provide me with an answer, but could we just have some comments from your experience.
- After all, it's easy to be an angel if nobody ruffles your feathers.
- I have to admit that I am certainly no angel when it comes to speed.
- David was no angel and I would be the first to admit his faults.
- He laughed faintly. ‘Making me out to be an angel already?’
- Mick Pritchard is the first to admit he's no angel.
- Thorpe accepts that he was no angel during the couple's marriage.
- No one wants, or should I say, expects him to be an angel.
- I'm never going to be an angel and I don't want to be.
- The word is that while this guy is no angel, the arrest is politically motivated, one group of thugs trying to take over the assets of others.
- I'm no angel on this score - I've been deeply in debt myself, but am now out of it.
- On the other hand, I was no angel either, I knew how to give trouble and get away with it!
Synonyms
paragon of virtue, saint, gem, treasure, nonpareil
darling, dear
informal star, brick, one in a million
1. 2.1 Used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person's outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities.
  you sang like an angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  Advised that this was a story of star-crossed lovers, not a sociological treatise, he sighed like a prisoner and wrote like an angel.
  No wonder he behaves like an angel, as well as playing like one.
  She looked so peaceful when she slept; just like an angel.
  She was young and pretty and about to get married and spoke French like an angel to my mind.
  I saw her when she had to have cloth restraints on her arms so she could not get out of bed or pull out her IV, and I saw her sleeping like an angel with her stuffed cat.
  ‘You must practise like a devil, so that you can perform like an angel,’ she noted.
  He spoke of her beauty and musical talents, saying she ‘sang like an angel and played the piano beautifully’.
  War and Peace also appear on stage as two symbolic characters - the War, dressed up like a skeleton and the Peace, dancing like an angel.
  Her white nightshift makes her look like an angel compared to the darkly dressed men.
  And they will be praying that striker Michael Ricketts - the whites' goal-scoring saviour - plays like an angel as well.
  You dance like an angel, and I know you've always loved balls.
  Her eyes were closed and she looked like an angel.
  He really did look like an angel, but he wasn't one.
  I was laughing happily and she was smiling like an angel.
  He can do most things on the golf course drive it for miles, hit the most precise of irons shots, pitch and chip with the most sublime touches, putt like an angel.
  The lead guitar player, Steve Mast, sings like an angel and perfects the harmonies that Higgenson presented on this CD.
  If Atif croons like an angel then what about Mohammad Rafi?
  He always wrote like an angel, even though cogent political thinking did not figure among his talents.
  Millhauser writes like an angel: the language is taut, superbly controlled.
  It's all guesswork this week, though, because we don't know who is able to dance like an angel skipping across the clouds, and who can only lurch around like a wonky 1930s robot.
  Synonyms
  paragon, gem, nonpareil
2. 2.2 Used in approval to a person who is kind or helpful.
  be an angel and let us come in
  Synonyms
  treasure, saint, paragon, marvel, find, godsend, someone worth their weight in gold, something worth their weight in gold
3. 2.3 Used as a term of endearment.
  I miss you too, angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  You are in a dream, my angel, but when you come to me, all of this can still be yours.
  Some days it would be lovely, others princess, cupcake, sweetie, angel, anything that popped into his mind.
  I thank God for making me a woman who loves women and for letting me hold, for a too-brief period of time, my angel, Debbie.
  There she was, my angel, smiling back at me ever so sweetly.
  You are my hero, my enchanted angel, my deepest wound, my most hurtful secret.
  She is going to give up her immortality for me, angel, what can I do to show my love for her?
  Wind winked back at the little girl mouthing ‘Be good, angel,’ and then shutting down the communication.
  Although you may inspire many an opera you should not take their plots to heart, my angel.
  Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel.
  That really applies to you and I. You're my muse, my angel.
  I felt pretty low while I was doing this sub-menial task, but a job's a job, and you can't feed yourself, my angel.
  ‘Wish me luck, angel,’ he said before returning to his original place.
  But why do you come down to our mere mortal plain in this weather, angel?
  I'm sorry for you, my sweet angel, but lately passenger planes and jets do manage to get people from one end of the earth in under two days.
  She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby.
  The episodes, three times a week are ONE HOUR EACH, my sweet angel!
  Synonyms
  beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, sweetheart, sweet, sweet one, honey
3A person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise.
the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back
Example sentencesExamples
- The venture capitalists, who generally invest bigger sums than angels, didn't bite.
- She said the options were to join forces with a bigger-name publisher or to identify individuals such as business angels who would be prepared to make a significant investment in the venture.
- Business angels are often more willing to invest in new ventures than traditional financial institutions.
- By the same token, your company's future returns to the angels are not just financial.
- My personal ambition is to make enough money from all of these ventures to exit within a foreseeable timescale and become a business angel.
- Small-scale business owners have to think about a way to attain business loans for refinance or growth purposes from within their local communities, angel investors or any other flexible sources.
- A group of independent angel investors in Iowa will soon come together to help emerging companies find early-stage funding.
- Angels are not only institutional, they are individuals as well.
- Not all funds providers are the same - they can vary from corporate strategic investors to venture capitalists or business angels.
- If you want to hazard a guess at who the country's leading business angels are, you need look no further than the annual Rich Lists.
- The company has raised $20 million in venture capital from angel investors and the three founders since its inception.
- The funding comes from European angel investors.
- The team use their expertise and contacts to lever funds from venture capitalists and business angels, though this continues to be a tough end of the funding spectrum.
- Since then he's become an angel investor and advisor to startups around the world.
- The network draws on the expertise of intermediaries such as lawyers, patent specialists, corporate financiers, business angels, consultants and other advisers.
- Eight years ago, the partners set out to control their own destinies and were able to do so thanks to an "angel investor" - a silent partner who'd made his own fortune in the restaurant business.
- The couple now face an exhausting search for investment from Scotland's business angels and venture capitalists before their new plan can take off.
- When they approached their angel backers for more money, the investors balked.
- They now have a leading role investing alongside other venture fund managers, business angels, banks, and other finance providers.
- Equity funding can come from a variety of sources, including venture capitalists, business angels and friends and family.
- Angel investors put small amounts of money into companies that sometimes have already received seed funding, but are not yet at the stage to attract venture capital.
Synonyms
backer, sponsor, supporter, benefactor, subsidizer, promoter, patron
1. 3.1 A financial backer of a theatrical production.
  every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was akin to a backer's audition for a Broadway musical, where if the would-be theatrical angels leave humming the title tune, they will undoubtedly ante up later.
  The arts have always relied on patrons and angels, whether they be private or public.
  I remember my predecessor telling a wonderfully self-deprecating anecdote of his initial activities as a theatrical angel.
  We were told she was an 'angel', a theatrical term for a backer.
  The angels who used to back theatrical productions for the love of the craft have given way to market-driven professionals in all art fields who insist on an art industry based on good business decisions.
4A former English coin minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon.
5angelsinformal An aircraft's altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet)
we rendezvous at angels nine
6informal An unexplained radar echo.

Phrases

the angel in the house

ironic A woman who is completely devoted to her husband and family.
it's a bit late to be coming on like the angel in the house now
Example sentencesExamples
- Legal notions of spousal unity and the sentimentalization of a woman's role as ‘the angel in the house’ have often served to undercut married women's agency and autonomy.
- For while the sun finally shines on Arvay, it only does so once she can re-establish herself as the good mother, the benevolent angel in the house.
- The stereotype of the middle-class woman as the angel in the house can easily be overplayed.
- I wrote here about sex differences that don't rely on some mythos of the ‘angel in the house.’
- A woman, the letter suggests, ‘exists ‘for the other’ ‘and will be most fulfilled by serving as what feminists have called ‘the angel in the house’ who meets the needs of her husband and children.

on the side of the angels

On the side of what is right.
we're not in the business of polluting the environment, we're on the side of the angels
Example sentencesExamples
- It did remind me of the Bond films, not least because Sean Connery was reprising his ‘superman’ role, even if this time he wasn't on the side of the angels.
- If you prefer a version of history where Scots are on the side of the angels, the British Museum argues that Elgin quite legally rescued the sculptures, prevented their destruction, and saw that they were preserved for posterity.
- But it would be a complete mistake to think that liberals in general, and I in particular, are moved by such motives, or that we need to be reminded that America has more often stood on the side of the angels.
- The police are also on the side of the angels, certainly according to a spokeswoman: ‘[People] have a legitimate right to be protesters and we will uphold their democratic right to protest.’
- We had the strongest military in the world, we had just won a ‘great’ war and we had clearly been on the side of the angels.

Origin

Old English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos 'messenger'; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele.

Angels are to be found in the traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions. They are messengers from God, and the word angel comes ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger’. An angel was also the name given to an old English gold coin (known in full as the angel-noble) minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and stamped with the image of the Archangel Michael slaying a dragon. To be on the side of the angels is to be on the side of what is right. In a speech given at Oxford in 1864 the British statesman Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) referred to the controversy that was then raging about Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species, saying: ‘Is man an ape or an angel?…I am on the side of the angels.’ The plant angelica (early 16th century) is the ‘angelic herb’ because it was believed to work against poison and disease. See also angle

Definition of angel in US English:

angel

nounˈeɪndʒəlˈānjəl

1A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.
God sent an angel to talk to Gideon
the Angel of Death
figurative Ella, ever the angel of mercy, organized the children into baking cookies
Example sentencesExamples
- Righteous angels did appear to humans quite often throughout Bible History, but they never did it in a ‘haunting’ or obscure manner.
- Against all other evidence, she was able to believe what the angel told her because she had been in the habit of believing the unbelievable all her life.
- Flapping his great wings like a real angel of death come for the new-born he inhaled deeply, his eyes becoming two gleaming points in the dark sky.
- Jewish tradition emphasizes that the Torah was given not to angels but to human beings.
- Flying is reflected in images of deities and winged angels carrying sacred messages and warnings.
- Mary inquired in order that we might learn from the angel concerning that conception which is a sublime matter beyond understanding.
- Admittedly, this vision is far removed from the Christmas angels' announcement of peace on earth and good will among men.
- The three strangers were really three angels sent by God to allow Abraham to perform the kindness he longed to do, in spite of his pain and incapacitation.
- Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John.
- According to the scriptures angels are messengers of God and visitors from heaven.
- I cried myself to sleep that night, but I believe God's angels were with me in that room.
- Traditional Christmas cribs have shepherds, angels, kings and a variety of animals in the bit parts.
- He believes he is an angel waiting for his wings to grow.
- He sends forth the angels as His messengers, with two, three or four pairs of wings.
- They have the same ethereal qualities so to speak, as angels, and they're also messengers because an angel is also a messenger.
- At his feet is a heavenly host of angels in white robes with harps.
- Like the Virgin Mary, who believed what the angel told her about God's plan of salvation, Philip also believed the angel's message.
- In fact, the angel of death has intruded on their ordinary civilian lives for more than one century now.
- The figures seem to fly like angels through a celestial space, painted on a great altarpiece.
- Vera is so touching that she tears at your heart and clouds your judgment as to whether she is an angel of mercy or an angel of death.
Synonyms
messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit
1. 1.1 An attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one.
  there was an angel watching over me
  See also guardian angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  He hated himself for that. But he didn't cry, he never cried… as long as there was an angel watching over him.
  Good luck can be attributed to guardian spirits or angels.
  I watched as my angel flew softly up to heaven to wait to be born again.
  It was like I had a dark angel watching over me and caring for my well-being.
  I see the angels watching over me and Manne from the ceiling above and I look to my left and David is standing beside me and I see my mother and father, arms linked, near the open door of our bedroom.
  The only thing that I could think of was that there had been an angel watching over him.
  Perhaps he really does need an angel watching over his career, especially after splitting from his regular co-writer Guy Chambers.
  For a while there he thought he was in heaven and that was an angel watching him.
  You and Diana are up there, with angels watching over you, I know.
  We are told this is an exploration of hope and desire, ‘a dream of an extraordinary world where angels watch over you while storm clouds gather’.
  Now I am your angel watching over you, guiding you, and taking care of you in my little ways.
  My mom tells me that an angel is always watching over me and helping me to get over the bar.
  She trembled in fear, and watched, as her angel, and her bully began to fight.
  The mother dedicated her time in Knock to walking around the church praying for an angel to watch over her daughter in her absence.
  Ultimately, demons are the manifested expression of our fears, while angels - and spirit guides, etc - are as real as us and are with us to help us grow.
  I never had anyone who paid attention, except for the angel that's watching over me from heaven.
  Sophie knew that if there were angels, they were watching.
  They were my family's angels and they watched over my kids so they didn't have to be taken into care.
  Where angels are all benevolence and guardianship, the fairy is a good-time girl.
  A parent can try to control a child's behavior by convincing the child that an angel is always watching over him or her.
  Synonyms
  messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit
2. 1.2 In traditional Christian angelology, a being of the lowest order of the celestial hierarchy.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Depending on what potentiality he develops, he may become a plant, an animal, a celestial being, an angel, or he may even be unified with God himself.
  In the Western traditions they are called angels.
  Man is a little lower than the angels and so was Christ as a man.
  The third comprises the angels, whose law is Celestial.
  For instance, in order to draw an angel, a pure soul in heaven, Frank Floreani shows a child's head with wings attached to the neck.
  Synonyms
  seraph
2A person of exemplary conduct or virtue.
I know I'm no angel
their parents think they are angels
Example sentencesExamples
- No one wants, or should I say, expects him to be an angel.
- Different people brought out different sides of him, and he was known to be an angel to those he liked and a devil to those he despised.
- Thorpe accepts that he was no angel during the couple's marriage.
- We were all rascals when we were growing up, I was no angel myself, but what I did have, and still do is respect for my elders and people in authority.
- I'm never going to be an angel and I don't want to be.
- The word is that while this guy is no angel, the arrest is politically motivated, one group of thugs trying to take over the assets of others.
- He was no angel, but he was his own person and wasn't involved with gangs.
- David was no angel and I would be the first to admit his faults.
- I have to admit that I am certainly no angel when it comes to speed.
- At the time though I didn't know any of this and though I knew John was no angel I thought he would never hurt anyone like Aled had hurt me.
- By good people I don't mean saints or angels, but people who, for all their complexity, want to do the right thing.
- After all, it's easy to be an angel if nobody ruffles your feathers.
- I'm no angel on this score - I've been deeply in debt myself, but am now out of it.
- He laughed faintly. ‘Making me out to be an angel already?’
- I am not expecting you to be an angel and provide me with an answer, but could we just have some comments from your experience.
- In this case, we are treating women like they are saints, angels, or paragons of virtue.
- On the other hand, I was no angel either, I knew how to give trouble and get away with it!
- In the opening lines, the reader is thrust straight into the clammy, dark, bitter atmosphere of a pawnbroker's on Christmas Day, run by a man who immediately admits that he is no angel.
- She had a bad part in her when she was on drugs, she was certainly no angel then.
- Mick Pritchard is the first to admit he's no angel.
Synonyms
paragon of virtue, saint, gem, treasure, nonpareil
1. 2.1 Used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person's outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities.
  you sang like an angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  The lead guitar player, Steve Mast, sings like an angel and perfects the harmonies that Higgenson presented on this CD.
  He can do most things on the golf course drive it for miles, hit the most precise of irons shots, pitch and chip with the most sublime touches, putt like an angel.
  He really did look like an angel, but he wasn't one.
  She was young and pretty and about to get married and spoke French like an angel to my mind.
  Advised that this was a story of star-crossed lovers, not a sociological treatise, he sighed like a prisoner and wrote like an angel.
  He always wrote like an angel, even though cogent political thinking did not figure among his talents.
  I saw her when she had to have cloth restraints on her arms so she could not get out of bed or pull out her IV, and I saw her sleeping like an angel with her stuffed cat.
  If Atif croons like an angel then what about Mohammad Rafi?
  War and Peace also appear on stage as two symbolic characters - the War, dressed up like a skeleton and the Peace, dancing like an angel.
  He spoke of her beauty and musical talents, saying she ‘sang like an angel and played the piano beautifully’.
  ‘You must practise like a devil, so that you can perform like an angel,’ she noted.
  And they will be praying that striker Michael Ricketts - the whites' goal-scoring saviour - plays like an angel as well.
  Millhauser writes like an angel: the language is taut, superbly controlled.
  Her eyes were closed and she looked like an angel.
  She looked so peaceful when she slept; just like an angel.
  It's all guesswork this week, though, because we don't know who is able to dance like an angel skipping across the clouds, and who can only lurch around like a wonky 1930s robot.
  I was laughing happily and she was smiling like an angel.
  No wonder he behaves like an angel, as well as playing like one.
  You dance like an angel, and I know you've always loved balls.
  Her white nightshift makes her look like an angel compared to the darkly dressed men.
  Synonyms
  paragon, gem, nonpareil
2. 2.2 Used in approval when a person has been or is expected to be kind or willing to oblige.
  be an angel and let us come in
  Synonyms
  treasure, saint, paragon, marvel, find, godsend, someone worth their weight in gold, something worth their weight in gold
3. 2.3 Used as a term of endearment.
  I miss you too, angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm sorry for you, my sweet angel, but lately passenger planes and jets do manage to get people from one end of the earth in under two days.
  Wind winked back at the little girl mouthing ‘Be good, angel,’ and then shutting down the communication.
  Although you may inspire many an opera you should not take their plots to heart, my angel.
  I thank God for making me a woman who loves women and for letting me hold, for a too-brief period of time, my angel, Debbie.
  She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby.
  She is going to give up her immortality for me, angel, what can I do to show my love for her?
  There she was, my angel, smiling back at me ever so sweetly.
  You are in a dream, my angel, but when you come to me, all of this can still be yours.
  I felt pretty low while I was doing this sub-menial task, but a job's a job, and you can't feed yourself, my angel.
  You are my hero, my enchanted angel, my deepest wound, my most hurtful secret.
  ‘Wish me luck, angel,’ he said before returning to his original place.
  But why do you come down to our mere mortal plain in this weather, angel?
  Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel.
  That really applies to you and I. You're my muse, my angel.
  Some days it would be lovely, others princess, cupcake, sweetie, angel, anything that popped into his mind.
  The episodes, three times a week are ONE HOUR EACH, my sweet angel!
  Synonyms
  beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, sweetheart, sweet, sweet one, honey
3A person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise.
the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back
Example sentencesExamples
- Equity funding can come from a variety of sources, including venture capitalists, business angels and friends and family.
- By the same token, your company's future returns to the angels are not just financial.
- The company has raised $20 million in venture capital from angel investors and the three founders since its inception.
- A group of independent angel investors in Iowa will soon come together to help emerging companies find early-stage funding.
- The couple now face an exhausting search for investment from Scotland's business angels and venture capitalists before their new plan can take off.
- Eight years ago, the partners set out to control their own destinies and were able to do so thanks to an "angel investor" - a silent partner who'd made his own fortune in the restaurant business.
- My personal ambition is to make enough money from all of these ventures to exit within a foreseeable timescale and become a business angel.
- Angels are not only institutional, they are individuals as well.
- Angel investors put small amounts of money into companies that sometimes have already received seed funding, but are not yet at the stage to attract venture capital.
- When they approached their angel backers for more money, the investors balked.
- The funding comes from European angel investors.
- The network draws on the expertise of intermediaries such as lawyers, patent specialists, corporate financiers, business angels, consultants and other advisers.
- Small-scale business owners have to think about a way to attain business loans for refinance or growth purposes from within their local communities, angel investors or any other flexible sources.
- Since then he's become an angel investor and advisor to startups around the world.
- Business angels are often more willing to invest in new ventures than traditional financial institutions.
- The venture capitalists, who generally invest bigger sums than angels, didn't bite.
- They now have a leading role investing alongside other venture fund managers, business angels, banks, and other finance providers.
- If you want to hazard a guess at who the country's leading business angels are, you need look no further than the annual Rich Lists.
- Not all funds providers are the same - they can vary from corporate strategic investors to venture capitalists or business angels.
- She said the options were to join forces with a bigger-name publisher or to identify individuals such as business angels who would be prepared to make a significant investment in the venture.
- The team use their expertise and contacts to lever funds from venture capitalists and business angels, though this continues to be a tough end of the funding spectrum.
Synonyms
backer, sponsor, supporter, benefactor, subsidizer, promoter, patron
1. 3.1 A financial backer of a theatrical production.
  every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was akin to a backer's audition for a Broadway musical, where if the would-be theatrical angels leave humming the title tune, they will undoubtedly ante up later.
  The arts have always relied on patrons and angels, whether they be private or public.
  I remember my predecessor telling a wonderfully self-deprecating anecdote of his initial activities as a theatrical angel.
  The angels who used to back theatrical productions for the love of the craft have given way to market-driven professionals in all art fields who insist on an art industry based on good business decisions.
  We were told she was an 'angel', a theatrical term for a backer.
4An English coin minted between 1470 and 1634 and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon.
5angelsinformal An aircraft's altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet)
we rendezvous at angels nine
6informal An unexplained radar echo.

Phrases

the angel in the house

ironic A woman who is completely devoted to her husband and family.
Example sentencesExamples
- A woman, the letter suggests, ‘exists ‘for the other’ ‘and will be most fulfilled by serving as what feminists have called ‘the angel in the house’ who meets the needs of her husband and children.
- I wrote here about sex differences that don't rely on some mythos of the ‘angel in the house.’
- The stereotype of the middle-class woman as the angel in the house can easily be overplayed.
- For while the sun finally shines on Arvay, it only does so once she can re-establish herself as the good mother, the benevolent angel in the house.
- Legal notions of spousal unity and the sentimentalization of a woman's role as ‘the angel in the house’ have often served to undercut married women's agency and autonomy.

on the side of the angels

On the side of what is right and just.
Example sentencesExamples
- But it would be a complete mistake to think that liberals in general, and I in particular, are moved by such motives, or that we need to be reminded that America has more often stood on the side of the angels.
- We had the strongest military in the world, we had just won a ‘great’ war and we had clearly been on the side of the angels.
- The police are also on the side of the angels, certainly according to a spokeswoman: ‘[People] have a legitimate right to be protesters and we will uphold their democratic right to protest.’
- It did remind me of the Bond films, not least because Sean Connery was reprising his ‘superman’ role, even if this time he wasn't on the side of the angels.
- If you prefer a version of history where Scots are on the side of the angels, the British Museum argues that Elgin quite legally rescued the sculptures, prevented their destruction, and saw that they were preserved for posterity.

Origin

Old English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos ‘messenger’; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele.

单词	angel
释义	Definition of angel in English: angel nounˈeɪndʒ(ə)lˈeɪndʒəl 1A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe. God sent an angel to talk to Gideon the Angel of Death Example sentencesExamples Like the Virgin Mary, who believed what the angel told her about God's plan of salvation, Philip also believed the angel's message. He believes he is an angel waiting for his wings to grow. I cried myself to sleep that night, but I believe God's angels were with me in that room. He sends forth the angels as His messengers, with two, three or four pairs of wings. Admittedly, this vision is far removed from the Christmas angels' announcement of peace on earth and good will among men. Mary inquired in order that we might learn from the angel concerning that conception which is a sublime matter beyond understanding. Righteous angels did appear to humans quite often throughout Bible History, but they never did it in a ‘haunting’ or obscure manner. The three strangers were really three angels sent by God to allow Abraham to perform the kindness he longed to do, in spite of his pain and incapacitation. At his feet is a heavenly host of angels in white robes with harps. Flying is reflected in images of deities and winged angels carrying sacred messages and warnings. Jewish tradition emphasizes that the Torah was given not to angels but to human beings. The figures seem to fly like angels through a celestial space, painted on a great altarpiece. Traditional Christmas cribs have shepherds, angels, kings and a variety of animals in the bit parts. According to the scriptures angels are messengers of God and visitors from heaven. Flapping his great wings like a real angel of death come for the new-born he inhaled deeply, his eyes becoming two gleaming points in the dark sky. Against all other evidence, she was able to believe what the angel told her because she had been in the habit of believing the unbelievable all her life. In fact, the angel of death has intruded on their ordinary civilian lives for more than one century now. They have the same ethereal qualities so to speak, as angels, and they're also messengers because an angel is also a messenger. Vera is so touching that she tears at your heart and clouds your judgment as to whether she is an angel of mercy or an angel of death. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John. Synonyms messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit 1.1 An attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one. there was an angel watching over me See also guardian angel Example sentencesExamples A parent can try to control a child's behavior by convincing the child that an angel is always watching over him or her. My mom tells me that an angel is always watching over me and helping me to get over the bar. They were my family's angels and they watched over my kids so they didn't have to be taken into care. Ultimately, demons are the manifested expression of our fears, while angels - and spirit guides, etc - are as real as us and are with us to help us grow. I watched as my angel flew softly up to heaven to wait to be born again. You and Diana are up there, with angels watching over you, I know. Perhaps he really does need an angel watching over his career, especially after splitting from his regular co-writer Guy Chambers. I see the angels watching over me and Manne from the ceiling above and I look to my left and David is standing beside me and I see my mother and father, arms linked, near the open door of our bedroom. The mother dedicated her time in Knock to walking around the church praying for an angel to watch over her daughter in her absence. We are told this is an exploration of hope and desire, ‘a dream of an extraordinary world where angels watch over you while storm clouds gather’. She trembled in fear, and watched, as her angel, and her bully began to fight. Now I am your angel watching over you, guiding you, and taking care of you in my little ways. The only thing that I could think of was that there had been an angel watching over him. It was like I had a dark angel watching over me and caring for my well-being. Sophie knew that if there were angels, they were watching. Good luck can be attributed to guardian spirits or angels. For a while there he thought he was in heaven and that was an angel watching him. I never had anyone who paid attention, except for the angel that's watching over me from heaven. He hated himself for that. But he didn't cry, he never cried… as long as there was an angel watching over him. Where angels are all benevolence and guardianship, the fairy is a good-time girl. Synonyms messenger of God, divine/heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit 1.2 (in traditional Christian angelology) a being of the lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. Example sentencesExamples In the Western traditions they are called angels. Depending on what potentiality he develops, he may become a plant, an animal, a celestial being, an angel, or he may even be unified with God himself. Man is a little lower than the angels and so was Christ as a man. The third comprises the angels, whose law is Celestial. For instance, in order to draw an angel, a pure soul in heaven, Frank Floreani shows a child's head with wings attached to the neck. Synonyms seraph 1.3 short for Hells Angel 2A person of exemplary conduct or virtue. I know I'm no angel their parents think they are angels Example sentencesExamples He was no angel, but he was his own person and wasn't involved with gangs. Different people brought out different sides of him, and he was known to be an angel to those he liked and a devil to those he despised. She had a bad part in her when she was on drugs, she was certainly no angel then. In the opening lines, the reader is thrust straight into the clammy, dark, bitter atmosphere of a pawnbroker's on Christmas Day, run by a man who immediately admits that he is no angel. In this case, we are treating women like they are saints, angels, or paragons of virtue. At the time though I didn't know any of this and though I knew John was no angel I thought he would never hurt anyone like Aled had hurt me. We were all rascals when we were growing up, I was no angel myself, but what I did have, and still do is respect for my elders and people in authority. By good people I don't mean saints or angels, but people who, for all their complexity, want to do the right thing. I am not expecting you to be an angel and provide me with an answer, but could we just have some comments from your experience. After all, it's easy to be an angel if nobody ruffles your feathers. I have to admit that I am certainly no angel when it comes to speed. David was no angel and I would be the first to admit his faults. He laughed faintly. ‘Making me out to be an angel already?’ Mick Pritchard is the first to admit he's no angel. Thorpe accepts that he was no angel during the couple's marriage. No one wants, or should I say, expects him to be an angel. I'm never going to be an angel and I don't want to be. The word is that while this guy is no angel, the arrest is politically motivated, one group of thugs trying to take over the assets of others. I'm no angel on this score - I've been deeply in debt myself, but am now out of it. On the other hand, I was no angel either, I knew how to give trouble and get away with it! Synonyms paragon of virtue, saint, gem, treasure, nonpareil darling, dear informal star, brick, one in a million 2.1 Used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person's outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities. you sang like an angel Example sentencesExamples Advised that this was a story of star-crossed lovers, not a sociological treatise, he sighed like a prisoner and wrote like an angel. No wonder he behaves like an angel, as well as playing like one. She looked so peaceful when she slept; just like an angel. She was young and pretty and about to get married and spoke French like an angel to my mind. I saw her when she had to have cloth restraints on her arms so she could not get out of bed or pull out her IV, and I saw her sleeping like an angel with her stuffed cat. ‘You must practise like a devil, so that you can perform like an angel,’ she noted. He spoke of her beauty and musical talents, saying she ‘sang like an angel and played the piano beautifully’. War and Peace also appear on stage as two symbolic characters - the War, dressed up like a skeleton and the Peace, dancing like an angel. Her white nightshift makes her look like an angel compared to the darkly dressed men. And they will be praying that striker Michael Ricketts - the whites' goal-scoring saviour - plays like an angel as well. You dance like an angel, and I know you've always loved balls. Her eyes were closed and she looked like an angel. He really did look like an angel, but he wasn't one. I was laughing happily and she was smiling like an angel. He can do most things on the golf course drive it for miles, hit the most precise of irons shots, pitch and chip with the most sublime touches, putt like an angel. The lead guitar player, Steve Mast, sings like an angel and perfects the harmonies that Higgenson presented on this CD. If Atif croons like an angel then what about Mohammad Rafi? He always wrote like an angel, even though cogent political thinking did not figure among his talents. Millhauser writes like an angel: the language is taut, superbly controlled. It's all guesswork this week, though, because we don't know who is able to dance like an angel skipping across the clouds, and who can only lurch around like a wonky 1930s robot. Synonyms paragon, gem, nonpareil 2.2 Used in approval to a person who is kind or helpful. be an angel and let us come in Synonyms treasure, saint, paragon, marvel, find, godsend, someone worth their weight in gold, something worth their weight in gold 2.3 Used as a term of endearment. I miss you too, angel Example sentencesExamples You are in a dream, my angel, but when you come to me, all of this can still be yours. Some days it would be lovely, others princess, cupcake, sweetie, angel, anything that popped into his mind. I thank God for making me a woman who loves women and for letting me hold, for a too-brief period of time, my angel, Debbie. There she was, my angel, smiling back at me ever so sweetly. You are my hero, my enchanted angel, my deepest wound, my most hurtful secret. She is going to give up her immortality for me, angel, what can I do to show my love for her? Wind winked back at the little girl mouthing ‘Be good, angel,’ and then shutting down the communication. Although you may inspire many an opera you should not take their plots to heart, my angel. Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel. That really applies to you and I. You're my muse, my angel. I felt pretty low while I was doing this sub-menial task, but a job's a job, and you can't feed yourself, my angel. ‘Wish me luck, angel,’ he said before returning to his original place. But why do you come down to our mere mortal plain in this weather, angel? I'm sorry for you, my sweet angel, but lately passenger planes and jets do manage to get people from one end of the earth in under two days. She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby. The episodes, three times a week are ONE HOUR EACH, my sweet angel! Synonyms beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, sweetheart, sweet, sweet one, honey 3A person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise. the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back Example sentencesExamples The venture capitalists, who generally invest bigger sums than angels, didn't bite. She said the options were to join forces with a bigger-name publisher or to identify individuals such as business angels who would be prepared to make a significant investment in the venture. Business angels are often more willing to invest in new ventures than traditional financial institutions. By the same token, your company's future returns to the angels are not just financial. My personal ambition is to make enough money from all of these ventures to exit within a foreseeable timescale and become a business angel. Small-scale business owners have to think about a way to attain business loans for refinance or growth purposes from within their local communities, angel investors or any other flexible sources. A group of independent angel investors in Iowa will soon come together to help emerging companies find early-stage funding. Angels are not only institutional, they are individuals as well. Not all funds providers are the same - they can vary from corporate strategic investors to venture capitalists or business angels. If you want to hazard a guess at who the country's leading business angels are, you need look no further than the annual Rich Lists. The company has raised $20 million in venture capital from angel investors and the three founders since its inception. The funding comes from European angel investors. The team use their expertise and contacts to lever funds from venture capitalists and business angels, though this continues to be a tough end of the funding spectrum. Since then he's become an angel investor and advisor to startups around the world. The network draws on the expertise of intermediaries such as lawyers, patent specialists, corporate financiers, business angels, consultants and other advisers. Eight years ago, the partners set out to control their own destinies and were able to do so thanks to an "angel investor" - a silent partner who'd made his own fortune in the restaurant business. The couple now face an exhausting search for investment from Scotland's business angels and venture capitalists before their new plan can take off. When they approached their angel backers for more money, the investors balked. They now have a leading role investing alongside other venture fund managers, business angels, banks, and other finance providers. Equity funding can come from a variety of sources, including venture capitalists, business angels and friends and family. Angel investors put small amounts of money into companies that sometimes have already received seed funding, but are not yet at the stage to attract venture capital. Synonyms backer, sponsor, supporter, benefactor, subsidizer, promoter, patron 3.1 A financial backer of a theatrical production. every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel Example sentencesExamples It was akin to a backer's audition for a Broadway musical, where if the would-be theatrical angels leave humming the title tune, they will undoubtedly ante up later. The arts have always relied on patrons and angels, whether they be private or public. I remember my predecessor telling a wonderfully self-deprecating anecdote of his initial activities as a theatrical angel. We were told she was an 'angel', a theatrical term for a backer. The angels who used to back theatrical productions for the love of the craft have given way to market-driven professionals in all art fields who insist on an art industry based on good business decisions. 4A former English coin minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon. 5angelsinformal An aircraft's altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet) we rendezvous at angels nine 6informal An unexplained radar echo. Phrases the angel in the house ironic A woman who is completely devoted to her husband and family. it's a bit late to be coming on like the angel in the house now Example sentencesExamples Legal notions of spousal unity and the sentimentalization of a woman's role as ‘the angel in the house’ have often served to undercut married women's agency and autonomy. For while the sun finally shines on Arvay, it only does so once she can re-establish herself as the good mother, the benevolent angel in the house. The stereotype of the middle-class woman as the angel in the house can easily be overplayed. I wrote here about sex differences that don't rely on some mythos of the ‘angel in the house.’ A woman, the letter suggests, ‘exists ‘for the other’ ‘and will be most fulfilled by serving as what feminists have called ‘the angel in the house’ who meets the needs of her husband and children. on the side of the angels On the side of what is right. we're not in the business of polluting the environment, we're on the side of the angels Example sentencesExamples It did remind me of the Bond films, not least because Sean Connery was reprising his ‘superman’ role, even if this time he wasn't on the side of the angels. If you prefer a version of history where Scots are on the side of the angels, the British Museum argues that Elgin quite legally rescued the sculptures, prevented their destruction, and saw that they were preserved for posterity. But it would be a complete mistake to think that liberals in general, and I in particular, are moved by such motives, or that we need to be reminded that America has more often stood on the side of the angels. The police are also on the side of the angels, certainly according to a spokeswoman: ‘[People] have a legitimate right to be protesters and we will uphold their democratic right to protest.’ We had the strongest military in the world, we had just won a ‘great’ war and we had clearly been on the side of the angels. Origin Old English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos 'messenger'; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele. Angels are to be found in the traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions. They are messengers from God, and the word angel comes ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger’. An angel was also the name given to an old English gold coin (known in full as the angel-noble) minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and stamped with the image of the Archangel Michael slaying a dragon. To be on the side of the angels is to be on the side of what is right. In a speech given at Oxford in 1864 the British statesman Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) referred to the controversy that was then raging about Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species, saying: ‘Is man an ape or an angel?…I am on the side of the angels.’ The plant angelica (early 16th century) is the ‘angelic herb’ because it was believed to work against poison and disease. See also angle noun.1 phr. Definition of angel in US English: angel nounˈeɪndʒəlˈānjəl 1A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe. God sent an angel to talk to Gideon the Angel of Death figurative Ella, ever the angel of mercy, organized the children into baking cookies Example sentencesExamples Righteous angels did appear to humans quite often throughout Bible History, but they never did it in a ‘haunting’ or obscure manner. Against all other evidence, she was able to believe what the angel told her because she had been in the habit of believing the unbelievable all her life. Flapping his great wings like a real angel of death come for the new-born he inhaled deeply, his eyes becoming two gleaming points in the dark sky. Jewish tradition emphasizes that the Torah was given not to angels but to human beings. Flying is reflected in images of deities and winged angels carrying sacred messages and warnings. Mary inquired in order that we might learn from the angel concerning that conception which is a sublime matter beyond understanding. Admittedly, this vision is far removed from the Christmas angels' announcement of peace on earth and good will among men. The three strangers were really three angels sent by God to allow Abraham to perform the kindness he longed to do, in spite of his pain and incapacitation. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John. According to the scriptures angels are messengers of God and visitors from heaven. I cried myself to sleep that night, but I believe God's angels were with me in that room. Traditional Christmas cribs have shepherds, angels, kings and a variety of animals in the bit parts. He believes he is an angel waiting for his wings to grow. He sends forth the angels as His messengers, with two, three or four pairs of wings. They have the same ethereal qualities so to speak, as angels, and they're also messengers because an angel is also a messenger. At his feet is a heavenly host of angels in white robes with harps. Like the Virgin Mary, who believed what the angel told her about God's plan of salvation, Philip also believed the angel's message. In fact, the angel of death has intruded on their ordinary civilian lives for more than one century now. The figures seem to fly like angels through a celestial space, painted on a great altarpiece. Vera is so touching that she tears at your heart and clouds your judgment as to whether she is an angel of mercy or an angel of death. Synonyms messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit 1.1 An attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one. there was an angel watching over me See also guardian angel Example sentencesExamples He hated himself for that. But he didn't cry, he never cried… as long as there was an angel watching over him. Good luck can be attributed to guardian spirits or angels. I watched as my angel flew softly up to heaven to wait to be born again. It was like I had a dark angel watching over me and caring for my well-being. I see the angels watching over me and Manne from the ceiling above and I look to my left and David is standing beside me and I see my mother and father, arms linked, near the open door of our bedroom. The only thing that I could think of was that there had been an angel watching over him. Perhaps he really does need an angel watching over his career, especially after splitting from his regular co-writer Guy Chambers. For a while there he thought he was in heaven and that was an angel watching him. You and Diana are up there, with angels watching over you, I know. We are told this is an exploration of hope and desire, ‘a dream of an extraordinary world where angels watch over you while storm clouds gather’. Now I am your angel watching over you, guiding you, and taking care of you in my little ways. My mom tells me that an angel is always watching over me and helping me to get over the bar. She trembled in fear, and watched, as her angel, and her bully began to fight. The mother dedicated her time in Knock to walking around the church praying for an angel to watch over her daughter in her absence. Ultimately, demons are the manifested expression of our fears, while angels - and spirit guides, etc - are as real as us and are with us to help us grow. I never had anyone who paid attention, except for the angel that's watching over me from heaven. Sophie knew that if there were angels, they were watching. They were my family's angels and they watched over my kids so they didn't have to be taken into care. Where angels are all benevolence and guardianship, the fairy is a good-time girl. A parent can try to control a child's behavior by convincing the child that an angel is always watching over him or her. Synonyms messenger of god, divine messenger, heavenly messenger, divine being, spirit 1.2 In traditional Christian angelology, a being of the lowest order of the celestial hierarchy. Example sentencesExamples Depending on what potentiality he develops, he may become a plant, an animal, a celestial being, an angel, or he may even be unified with God himself. In the Western traditions they are called angels. Man is a little lower than the angels and so was Christ as a man. The third comprises the angels, whose law is Celestial. For instance, in order to draw an angel, a pure soul in heaven, Frank Floreani shows a child's head with wings attached to the neck. Synonyms seraph 2A person of exemplary conduct or virtue. I know I'm no angel their parents think they are angels Example sentencesExamples No one wants, or should I say, expects him to be an angel. Different people brought out different sides of him, and he was known to be an angel to those he liked and a devil to those he despised. Thorpe accepts that he was no angel during the couple's marriage. We were all rascals when we were growing up, I was no angel myself, but what I did have, and still do is respect for my elders and people in authority. I'm never going to be an angel and I don't want to be. The word is that while this guy is no angel, the arrest is politically motivated, one group of thugs trying to take over the assets of others. He was no angel, but he was his own person and wasn't involved with gangs. David was no angel and I would be the first to admit his faults. I have to admit that I am certainly no angel when it comes to speed. At the time though I didn't know any of this and though I knew John was no angel I thought he would never hurt anyone like Aled had hurt me. By good people I don't mean saints or angels, but people who, for all their complexity, want to do the right thing. After all, it's easy to be an angel if nobody ruffles your feathers. I'm no angel on this score - I've been deeply in debt myself, but am now out of it. He laughed faintly. ‘Making me out to be an angel already?’ I am not expecting you to be an angel and provide me with an answer, but could we just have some comments from your experience. In this case, we are treating women like they are saints, angels, or paragons of virtue. On the other hand, I was no angel either, I knew how to give trouble and get away with it! In the opening lines, the reader is thrust straight into the clammy, dark, bitter atmosphere of a pawnbroker's on Christmas Day, run by a man who immediately admits that he is no angel. She had a bad part in her when she was on drugs, she was certainly no angel then. Mick Pritchard is the first to admit he's no angel. Synonyms paragon of virtue, saint, gem, treasure, nonpareil 2.1 Used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person's outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities. you sang like an angel Example sentencesExamples The lead guitar player, Steve Mast, sings like an angel and perfects the harmonies that Higgenson presented on this CD. He can do most things on the golf course drive it for miles, hit the most precise of irons shots, pitch and chip with the most sublime touches, putt like an angel. He really did look like an angel, but he wasn't one. She was young and pretty and about to get married and spoke French like an angel to my mind. Advised that this was a story of star-crossed lovers, not a sociological treatise, he sighed like a prisoner and wrote like an angel. He always wrote like an angel, even though cogent political thinking did not figure among his talents. I saw her when she had to have cloth restraints on her arms so she could not get out of bed or pull out her IV, and I saw her sleeping like an angel with her stuffed cat. If Atif croons like an angel then what about Mohammad Rafi? War and Peace also appear on stage as two symbolic characters - the War, dressed up like a skeleton and the Peace, dancing like an angel. He spoke of her beauty and musical talents, saying she ‘sang like an angel and played the piano beautifully’. ‘You must practise like a devil, so that you can perform like an angel,’ she noted. And they will be praying that striker Michael Ricketts - the whites' goal-scoring saviour - plays like an angel as well. Millhauser writes like an angel: the language is taut, superbly controlled. Her eyes were closed and she looked like an angel. She looked so peaceful when she slept; just like an angel. It's all guesswork this week, though, because we don't know who is able to dance like an angel skipping across the clouds, and who can only lurch around like a wonky 1930s robot. I was laughing happily and she was smiling like an angel. No wonder he behaves like an angel, as well as playing like one. You dance like an angel, and I know you've always loved balls. Her white nightshift makes her look like an angel compared to the darkly dressed men. Synonyms paragon, gem, nonpareil 2.2 Used in approval when a person has been or is expected to be kind or willing to oblige. be an angel and let us come in Synonyms treasure, saint, paragon, marvel, find, godsend, someone worth their weight in gold, something worth their weight in gold 2.3 Used as a term of endearment. I miss you too, angel Example sentencesExamples I'm sorry for you, my sweet angel, but lately passenger planes and jets do manage to get people from one end of the earth in under two days. Wind winked back at the little girl mouthing ‘Be good, angel,’ and then shutting down the communication. Although you may inspire many an opera you should not take their plots to heart, my angel. I thank God for making me a woman who loves women and for letting me hold, for a too-brief period of time, my angel, Debbie. She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby. She is going to give up her immortality for me, angel, what can I do to show my love for her? There she was, my angel, smiling back at me ever so sweetly. You are in a dream, my angel, but when you come to me, all of this can still be yours. I felt pretty low while I was doing this sub-menial task, but a job's a job, and you can't feed yourself, my angel. You are my hero, my enchanted angel, my deepest wound, my most hurtful secret. ‘Wish me luck, angel,’ he said before returning to his original place. But why do you come down to our mere mortal plain in this weather, angel? Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel. That really applies to you and I. You're my muse, my angel. Some days it would be lovely, others princess, cupcake, sweetie, angel, anything that popped into his mind. The episodes, three times a week are ONE HOUR EACH, my sweet angel! Synonyms beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, sweetheart, sweet, sweet one, honey 3A person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise. the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back Example sentencesExamples Equity funding can come from a variety of sources, including venture capitalists, business angels and friends and family. By the same token, your company's future returns to the angels are not just financial. The company has raised $20 million in venture capital from angel investors and the three founders since its inception. A group of independent angel investors in Iowa will soon come together to help emerging companies find early-stage funding. The couple now face an exhausting search for investment from Scotland's business angels and venture capitalists before their new plan can take off. Eight years ago, the partners set out to control their own destinies and were able to do so thanks to an "angel investor" - a silent partner who'd made his own fortune in the restaurant business. My personal ambition is to make enough money from all of these ventures to exit within a foreseeable timescale and become a business angel. Angels are not only institutional, they are individuals as well. Angel investors put small amounts of money into companies that sometimes have already received seed funding, but are not yet at the stage to attract venture capital. When they approached their angel backers for more money, the investors balked. The funding comes from European angel investors. The network draws on the expertise of intermediaries such as lawyers, patent specialists, corporate financiers, business angels, consultants and other advisers. Small-scale business owners have to think about a way to attain business loans for refinance or growth purposes from within their local communities, angel investors or any other flexible sources. Since then he's become an angel investor and advisor to startups around the world. Business angels are often more willing to invest in new ventures than traditional financial institutions. The venture capitalists, who generally invest bigger sums than angels, didn't bite. They now have a leading role investing alongside other venture fund managers, business angels, banks, and other finance providers. If you want to hazard a guess at who the country's leading business angels are, you need look no further than the annual Rich Lists. Not all funds providers are the same - they can vary from corporate strategic investors to venture capitalists or business angels. She said the options were to join forces with a bigger-name publisher or to identify individuals such as business angels who would be prepared to make a significant investment in the venture. The team use their expertise and contacts to lever funds from venture capitalists and business angels, though this continues to be a tough end of the funding spectrum. Synonyms backer, sponsor, supporter, benefactor, subsidizer, promoter, patron 3.1 A financial backer of a theatrical production. every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel Example sentencesExamples It was akin to a backer's audition for a Broadway musical, where if the would-be theatrical angels leave humming the title tune, they will undoubtedly ante up later. The arts have always relied on patrons and angels, whether they be private or public. I remember my predecessor telling a wonderfully self-deprecating anecdote of his initial activities as a theatrical angel. The angels who used to back theatrical productions for the love of the craft have given way to market-driven professionals in all art fields who insist on an art industry based on good business decisions. We were told she was an 'angel', a theatrical term for a backer. 4An English coin minted between 1470 and 1634 and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon. 5angelsinformal An aircraft's altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet) we rendezvous at angels nine 6informal An unexplained radar echo. Phrases the angel in the house ironic A woman who is completely devoted to her husband and family. Example sentencesExamples A woman, the letter suggests, ‘exists ‘for the other’ ‘and will be most fulfilled by serving as what feminists have called ‘the angel in the house’ who meets the needs of her husband and children. I wrote here about sex differences that don't rely on some mythos of the ‘angel in the house.’ The stereotype of the middle-class woman as the angel in the house can easily be overplayed. For while the sun finally shines on Arvay, it only does so once she can re-establish herself as the good mother, the benevolent angel in the house. Legal notions of spousal unity and the sentimentalization of a woman's role as ‘the angel in the house’ have often served to undercut married women's agency and autonomy. on the side of the angels On the side of what is right and just. Example sentencesExamples But it would be a complete mistake to think that liberals in general, and I in particular, are moved by such motives, or that we need to be reminded that America has more often stood on the side of the angels. We had the strongest military in the world, we had just won a ‘great’ war and we had clearly been on the side of the angels. The police are also on the side of the angels, certainly according to a spokeswoman: ‘[People] have a legitimate right to be protesters and we will uphold their democratic right to protest.’ It did remind me of the Bond films, not least because Sean Connery was reprising his ‘superman’ role, even if this time he wasn't on the side of the angels. If you prefer a version of history where Scots are on the side of the angels, the British Museum argues that Elgin quite legally rescued the sculptures, prevented their destruction, and saw that they were preserved for posterity. Origin Old English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos ‘messenger’; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele. noun.1 phr.
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