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inflicts - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | inflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impose something |
| Synonyms: | administer, apply, command, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, give, levy, require, strike, subject, visit, wreak, bring upon, deal out, force upon, give it to, lay down the law, mete out, stick it to |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispense something needed |
| Synonyms: | apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender, measure out, mete out |
| Antonyms: | deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause; influence |
| Synonyms: | begin, compel, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, produce, prompt, sway, wreak, contribute to, prevail upon, result in |
| Antonyms: | avoid, back out, desist, hold back, give up, pass up |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate, animalize, bestialize, envenom |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, oblige, ordain, order, proclaim, prohibit, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, set, subpoena, summon, task, tell, warn, call on, call the signals, call upon, force upon, give directions, give orders, lay down the law, mark out, ordinate, put foot down, send for, take charge, take lead |
| Antonyms: | contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke |
| Main Entry: | deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, deliver, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, dole out*, drop, give, hand out, impart, inflict, measure, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike, come across with, divvy, fork out*, fork over, mete out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer; throw |
| Synonyms: | aim, deal, direct, dispatch, fling, give, hurl, inflict, launch, pitch, send, strike, transmit |
| Main Entry: | dish out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | allocate, deliver, dispense, dole out*, furnish, hand, hand out, hand over, inflict, ladle, present, produce, scoop, serve, supply, transfer, turn over, fork over, give out, mete out, serve up, spoon |
| Antonyms: | take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bind, blackmail, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, press, pressure, require, restrict, strong-arm*, urge, wrest, wring, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, concuss, dragoon*, pin down, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, sandbag, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set, dictate |
| Synonyms: | appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lay, levy, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, require, saddle*, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck, force upon, lade, lay down, lay down the law, move in on, put foot down, read riot act, take advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perpetrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be responsible for |
| Synonyms: | act, bring about, carry out, commit, do, effect, enact, execute, inflict, perform, pull, wreak, up and do |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit, assign |
| Synonyms: | condemn, consign, constrain, doom, employ, enjoin, force, impose, induce, inflict, levy, make, oblige, require, set, subject, subject to |
| Antonyms: | change, displace, transfer |
| Main Entry: | visit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, haunt |
| Synonyms: | afflict, assail, attack, avenge, befall, impose, inflict, pain, punish, smite, trouble, wreak, wreck, bring down on, descend upon, force upon |
| Main Entry: | wreak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force, cause |
| Synonyms: | bring about, carry out, create, effect, execute, exercise, inflict, unleash, vent, visit, work, wreck, force upon |
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