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convicted - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | convict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find guilty |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, bring to justice, condemn, doom, frame, imprison, put away, rap*, sentence, attaint, declare guilty, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put the screws to, send up the river, send up*, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bewitched, cursed, cut down, damned, destroyed, done, done for*, fated, fey, ill-fated, kiss of death*, lost, luckless, overthrown, overwhelmed, que sera sera*, reprobate, ruined, star-crossed, threatened, undone, unfortunate, wrecked, bedeviled, convicted, dead duck, foreordained, ill-omened, in the cards, menaced, predestined, sentenced, sunk, suppressed, thrown down, unredeemed |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, lucky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guilty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameworthy; found at fault |
| Synonyms: | accusable, caught, censurable, censured, chargeable, condemned, conscience-stricken, contrite, convictable, convicted, criminal, culpable, damned, delinquent, depraved, doomed, erring, evil, felonious, hangdog*, impeached, in error, in the wrong, incriminated, iniquitous, judged, liable, licentious, offending, on one's head, out of line, proscribed, regretful, remorseful, reprehensible, responsible, rueful, sentenced, sheepish, sinful, sorry, wicked, wrong |
| Antonyms: | guiltless, innocent, moral, right, sinless, truthful |
* = 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 |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove false; discredit |
| Synonyms: | abnegate, break, burn, cancel, confute, contend, contradict, contravene, convict, counter, crush, debate, demolish, disclaim, dispose of, disprove, dispute, explode, expose, gainsay, invalidate, negate, oppose, overthrow, parry, quash, rebut, repudiate, show up, silence, squelch, tear down*, top*, argue against, blow sky high, burn down, cancel out, disconfirm, evert, give the lie to, give thumbs down to, reply to, shoot down, shoot full of holes, take a stand against |
| Antonyms: | endorse, prove, ratify, sanction, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, ordain, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away*, railroad*, rule, settle, mete out, pass judgment, put on ice, send to prison, send up the river, take the fall, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, charge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expose, embarrass |
| Synonyms: | belittle, convict, debunk, defeat, discover, discredit, highlight, invalidate, let down, mortify, pinpoint, put to shame, reveal, shame, undress, unmask, worst, lay bare, put spotlight on, show in bad light, uncloak, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete |
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