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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, 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 |
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
| Synonyms: | accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, charge with, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, denunciate, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, hang something on, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, inveigh against, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, take to task, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disapprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn |
| Synonyms: | blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, dispraise, expostulate, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, look down on, nix, object to, oppose, pan, pass on, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, set aside, slam, spurn, take dim view of, take exception to, turn down, veto, zing |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction |
Example Sentences
- Mostly they follow the notion of life as one damn thing after the other.
| Main Entry: | execrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hate |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, accurse, anathematize, censure, condemn, curse, damn, denounce, deplore, despise, detest, excoriate, imprecate, loathe, objurgate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, revile, vilify |
| Antonyms: | like, love |
| Main Entry: | hiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make buzzing sound; ridicule |
| Synonyms: | blow, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp, revile, seethe, shout down, shrill, sibilate, siss, spit, wheeze, whirr, whisper, whistle, whiz |
| Main Entry: | jinx |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, bewitch, cast a spell on, charm, condemn, damn*, enchant, give the evil eye, hex |
| Antonyms: | benefit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain |
| Synonyms: | anathematize, carp, combat, condemn, criticize, curse, damn, except, execrate, expostulate, fight, fuss, gripe, grumble, inveigh, mumble, object, oppose, protest, rebel, remonstrate, repine, resist, spurn, wail, whine, withstand |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | malediction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | anathema, commination, curse word, cuss, cuss word, damn, damnation, damning, darn, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, execration, expletive, four-letter word, imprecation, jinx, no-no, oath, swear word, whammy |
| Antonyms: | blessing |
| Main Entry: | outlaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prohibit; make illegal |
| Synonyms: | ban, banish, bar, condemn, damn, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forbid, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, prevent, proscribe, stop, taboo |
| Antonyms: | allow, legalize, permit |
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