| Main Entry: | scarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam |
Synonyms: |
attack, blister, burn someone's ears, castigate, crawl all over, damn*, drub, excoriate, flay, lambaste*, lash, lash into, pan, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to, rip into, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, shoot down, slap, slash, vilify |
| Main Entry: | scarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten |
Synonyms: |
affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat, bulldoze, chill to the bone, chill*, cow, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, make blood run cold, make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, make teeth chatter, panic*, perturb, petrify, repel, scare, scare away, scare off, scare the daylights out of, scare to death, silly, spook, startle, stiff, strike terror into, terrify, terrorize, unhinge, unnerve |
| Main Entry: | castigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize severely |
Synonyms: |
baste, bawl out, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out, come down on, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash, upbraid, whip |
Antonyms: |
compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
| Main Entry: | excoriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scrape layers off |
Synonyms: |
abrade, chafe, flay, fret, gall, peel, rub, scarify, scratch, skin, strip |
| Main Entry: | scratch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut; make a mark on |
Synonyms: |
claw, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, mark, prick, rasp, rub, scarify, score, scrape, scrawl, scribble |
Antonyms: |
heal, mend, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam |
Synonyms: |
attack, blister, burn someone's ears, castigate, crawl all over, damn*, drub, excoriate, flay, lambaste*, lash, lash into, pan, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to, rip into, scarify, scorch, score, scourge, shoot down, slap, slash, vilify |