| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | execute; torture near to death |
Synonyms: |
excruciate, hang, harrow, kill, martyr, martyrize, nail to cross, persecute, rack, torment, torture |
Antonyms: |
exalt |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental pain |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burn, chafe, constrain, cut to the quick, discomfit, discommode, displease, distress, excruciate, faze, give no quarter, go for jugular, grieve, hit where one lives, injure, lambaste, lay a bad trip on, lean on, martyr, martyrize, prejudice, punish, put down, put out, sadden, sting*, thumb nose at, torment, torture, try, upset, vex, vitiate, work over, wound, zing |
Antonyms: |
calm, placate, please, relieve, soothe |
| 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 |
| Notes: | torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering |
Antonyms: |
alleviate, make happy, please, relieve |
| Main Entry: | nail to a cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crucify |
Synonyms: |
brutalize, burn at the stake, excrutiate, hang, martyrize, persecute, put on the rack, put to death, torture |