| Main Entry: | smite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
Synonyms: |
afflict, attack, belt, blast, buffet, chasten, chastise, clobber, dash, defeat, hit, knock, slap, smack, sock, strike, swat, visit, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
Synonyms: |
agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
Antonyms: |
aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit, usually on head |
Synonyms: |
biff, box, cuff, knock, punch, smite, strike |
| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, destroy with words |
Synonyms: |
afflict, agonize, bedevil, bother, harrow, ill-treat, lampoon, pan, ridicule, smite, tear to pieces, torment, torture, try, wipe the floor with |
Antonyms: |
compliment, exalt, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with heavy blow |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, knock, maul, plunge, pop, punch, ram, run, shoot, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, strike, throw, thrust, thump, twack, whack, wham |
| Main Entry: | paw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch roughly |
Synonyms: |
clap, claw, clutch, dig, feel, finger, fondle, grab, grate, grope, handle, hit, maul, molest, palpate, pat, rake, rasp, rub, scratch, search, slap, smite, stroke |
Antonyms: |
manhandle |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, affect |
Synonyms: |
afflict, aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, deal a blow, excruciate, fall upon, harrow, hit, invade, martyr, rack, set upon, smite, storm, torment, torture, try, wring |
Antonyms: |
not touch, pass up |
| Main Entry: | torment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make very upset |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, bait, bedevil, bone, bother, break, crucify, devil, distress, drive bananas, drive up the wall, excruciate, give a hard time, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hound, hurt, irritate, mistreat, molest, nag, pain, persecute, pester, plague, play cat and mouse, provoke, punish, put through wringer, rack, rub salt in wound, smite, tease, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wring |
Antonyms: |
delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | torture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset or hurt severely |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, beat, bother, crucify, distress, disturb, excruciate, grill, harrow, impale, injure, irritate, lacerate, maim, mangle, martyr, martyrize, mistreat, mutilate, oppress, pain, persecute, rack, smite, torment, try, whip, wound, wring, wrong |
Antonyms: |
alleviate, make happy, please, relieve |
| Main Entry: | visit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, haunt |
Synonyms: |
afflict, assail, attack, avenge, befall, bring down on, descend upon, force upon, impose, inflict, pain, punish, smite, trouble, wreak, wreck |