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| Main Entry: | attacked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assaulted |
| Synonyms: | assailed, besieged, bombarded, bombed, fired upon, invaded, stormed |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
| Synonyms: | advance, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean*, beat, beset, besiege, blast, blister, bombard, boot*, brain*, bust, charge, clip, clock*, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, molest, mug, overwhelm, punch, raid, rush, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, turn on, wallop*, aggress, biff, boff, bop, chop down, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup*, lay siege to, light into*, pounce upon, set upon, take the offensive, whop |
| Antonyms: | aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault verbally |
| Synonyms: | abuse, berate, blame, blitz, censure, criticize, impugn, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, malign, refute, reprove, revile, shoot down*, stretch, vilify |
| Antonyms: | defend, resist, submit, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set to work |
| Synonyms: | buckle down*, tackle, take up, deal with, dive into, plunge into, set to, start in on, tear into |
| Antonyms: | be lazy, slough off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | held up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | robbed |
| Synonyms: | attacked, assaulted |
| Main Entry: | accuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place blame for wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle*, brand, censure, charge, cite, complain, denounce, finger*, frame, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, libel, litigate, name, prosecute, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax, bring charges, criminate, file claim, hang something on, hold accountable, lay at door, let have it, lodge complaint, pin on, point finger at, recriminate, serve summons |
| Antonyms: | absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, make effort |
| Synonyms: | aim, attack, do level best, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, experiment, give a fling, give a whirl, give best shot, give it a go, give it a try, give old college try, go the limit, have a crack, have a go at, make a run at, pursue, push, seek, shoot the works, solicit, strive, tackle, take a stab at, take best shot, take on, try one's hand at, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be lazy |
| Main Entry: | beat up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault |
| Synonyms: | attack, batter, hammer, pulverize, thrash, do over, knock around |
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | besiege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround; assault |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, confine, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, invest, trap, come at from all sides, hem in, lay siege to, shut in, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | malign; smear |
| Synonyms: | attack, bad-mouth*, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, dishonor, knock*, libel, malign, rip*, slander, slur, smudge, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify, asperse, do a number on, give a black eye, rip up and down |
| Antonyms: | compliment, enhance, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lambaste; defeat mentally |
| Synonyms: | attack, beat, castigate, clobber*, criticize, drub*, flay, lick*, shellac*, whip*, lash out at, rail at |
| Antonyms: | boost, compliment, praise, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate weapon |
| Synonyms: | attack, blast, blitz, blow up, bombard, cannonade, destroy, raid, rake, shell, wipe out*, napalm, prang, rain destruction, strafe, torpedo, zero in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn; criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, attack, backbite, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up*, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, ostracize, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tell off, upbraid, animadvert, asperse, carp at, exprobate, find fault with, get after, look askance, pick apart, pull apart, read out, take to task, tear apart |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab tightly |
| Synonyms: | attack, bear hug, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take, coll, concatenate, glom onto |
| Antonyms: | loose, let go |
| Main Entry: | come down on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize strongly |
| Synonyms: | attack, dress down, rebuke, reprimand, scold, jump on, land on |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
| Synonyms: | accuse, ascribe, attack, beef*, bellyache*, bemoan, bewail, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, lament, lay, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, wail, whimper, whine, yammer, bitch, find fault, kick up a fuss, look askance, make a fuss, sound off, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, commend, praise, recommend, sanction, be content, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, gang up on, hassle, lay out, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, sock*, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle, altercate, fight over, knuckle with, lay a finger on, put on gloves, put up dukes, set to, square off |
| Antonyms: | agree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | declaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proclaim; get on a soapbox |
| Synonyms: | attack, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, speak, spiel*, spout*, bloviate, blow hot air, hold forth, pile it on, soapbox, talk big |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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