What are some alternative words for crucify?
Synonyms for crucify
ˈkru səˌfaɪ
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Princeton's WordNet
crucify(verb)
kill by nailing onto a cross
"Jesus Christ was crucified"
Synonyms:
subdue, bedevil, blast, pillory, rag, savage, mortify, dun, frustrate, tormenttorment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate(verb)
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Synonyms:
bawl out, chide, confound, befuddle, cross, lambast, foil, fox, savage, nark, tease, frustrate, bedevil, spoil, take to task, bother, blast, rile, rack, gravel, excruciate, trounce, bilk, rally, dun, get to, berate, thwart, torment, torture, chew out, pillory, baffle, nettle, throw, scotch, chafe, ride, get at, subdue, lecture, irritate, have words, reproof, razz, call down, tantalise, mortify, annoy, tantalize, reprimand, cod, scold, taunt, rebuke, rag, jaw, discombobulate, vex, lambaste, chew up, dress down, confuse, call on the carpet, remonstrate, bait, twit, devil, fuddlemortify, subdue, crucify(verb)
hold within limits and control
"subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
Synonyms:
chasten, get over, master, inhibit, conquer, pillory, quash, humble, surmount, frustrate, bedevil, suppress, abase, chagrin, savage, keep down, dun, gangrene, torment, subjugate, sphacelate, humiliate, reduce, curb, stamp down, subordinate, tame, necrose, mortify, rag, blast, overcome, subdue, represssavage, blast, pillory, crucify(verb)
criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
Synonyms:
dun, savage, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, blast, smash
Dictionary of English Synonymes
crucify(v. a.)
Synonyms:
put to death upon the crosscrucify(v. a.)
Synonyms:
subdue (as the passions, by christian principles), overcome, mortify
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1083 | cross | |
| #1314 | master | |
| #2036 | reduce | |
| #2968 | ride | |
| #3222 | fox | |
| #3616 | shell | |
| #4316 | lecture | |
| #4404 | throw | |
| #4680 | rack | |
| #5117 | devil | |
| #5175 | shoot | |
| #5338 | torture | |
| #5985 | cod | |
| #6477 | blast | |
| #6609 | rally | |
| #6667 | nail | |
| #7386 | boom | |
| #7548 | overcome | |
| #9792 | savage | |
| #9936 | bother | |
| #10816 | foil | |
| #12155 | humble | |
| #12551 | curb | |
| #13072 | gravel | |
| #13346 | smash | |
| #13704 | bait | |
| #14387 | jaw | |
| #15810 | rag | |
| #16211 | conquer | |
| #16683 | suppress | |
| #17024 | scotch | |
| #17420 | tease | |
| #17901 | inhibit | |
| #18868 | subordinate | |
| #19524 | dun | |
| #20060 | confuse | |
| #20785 | annoy | |
| #21436 | spoil | |
| #22879 | tame | |
| #29210 | torment | |
| #36264 | thwart | |
| #41205 | baffle | |
| #42240 | nettle | |
| #44368 | reprimand | |
| #44943 | chagrin | |
| #45992 | rebuke | |
| #47688 | irritate | |
| #49040 | frustrate | |
| #50234 | razz | |
| #53644 | taunt | |
| #54523 | vex | |
| #54755 | subdue | |
| #56041 | repress | |
| #59581 | confound | |
| #62512 | twit | |
| #63083 | humiliate | |
| #66240 | quash | |
| #73551 | scold | |
| #75926 | gangrene | |
| #80021 | crucify | |
| #90291 | chafe | |
| #100697 | surmount | |
| #105484 | reproof | |
| #116275 | subjugate | |
| #116298 | berate | |
| #120061 | bilk | |
| #126122 | chide | |
| #127183 | rile | |
| #128476 | gibbet | |
| #130327 | pillory | |
| #144808 | trounce | |
| #148246 | tantalize | |
| #150121 | blare | |
| #189431 | befuddle | |
| #205592 | abase | |
| #216211 | bedevil | |
| #219145 | mortify | |
| #231498 | nark | |
| #235554 | remonstrate | |
| #246567 | chasten | |
| #270504 | fuddle | |
| #284627 | lambaste | |
| #304391 | lambast | |
| #321242 | tantalise |
Translations for crucify
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- صلبArabic
- разпъвам на кръстBulgarian
- crucificarCatalan, Valencian
- ukřižovatCzech
- kreuzigenGerman
- σταυρώνωGreek
- crucificarSpanish
- ristiinnaulitaFinnish
- crucifierFrench
- ceusScottish Gaelic
- keresztre feszítHungarian
- խաչելArmenian
- krucagarIdo
- krossfestaIcelandic
- crocifiggere, crocefiggereItalian
- rīpekaMāori
- menyalibMalay
- korsfesteNorwegian
- kruisigenDutch
- korsfesteNorwegian Nynorsk
- crucificarPortuguese
- chakatayQuechua
- crucificaRomanian
- распятьRussian
- korsfästaSwedish
- çarmıha germek, haçlamakTurkish
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