faint resemblance

Frequency: 6.55.2 per million words

a small or not very noticeable similarity

resemblanceADJECTIVE + NOUN

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faint

Examples (10)

  • The old photograph showed only a faint resemblance to her current self.
  • I could discern a faint resemblance between the two distant cousins.
  • His new painting bore a faint resemblance to a famous masterpiece.
  • There's a faint resemblance in their voices, but nothing more.
  • Despite their genetic link, the siblings shared only a faint resemblance.
  • The architect's design had a faint resemblance to ancient Roman structures.
  • She detected a faint resemblance to her grandmother in the child's eyes.
  • The two theories have a faint resemblance, but their core principles differ greatly.
  • Only a trained eye could spot the faint resemblance between the forgery and the original.
  • His behavior showed a faint resemblance to his father's when he was young.