Meaning & use
resembled
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Had a similar appearance to or shared qualities with someone or something else (past tense of 'resemble').
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The old farmhouse resembled the one in her grandmother's photographs.
His stubborn attitude resembled his father's in every way.
A note on using this word
Unlike most English verbs, 'resemble' is rarely used in the progressive '-ing' form, since resemblance is a state rather than an ongoing action.
Words with a similar meaning
looked likemirrored
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Words with an opposite meaning
differed from
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