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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, affront, annoy, belittle, chagrin, chasten, confound, control, crush, deflate, deny, disappoint, discipline, discomfit, disgrace, displease, get one's comeuppance, harass, humble, humiliate, put to shame, ridicule, shame, subdue, take down a peg, take the wind out, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | odium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, dishonor |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, bar sinister, black eye, blame, blot, blur, brand, censure, condemnation, detestation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dislike, dispprobation, disrepute, enmity, execration, hate, hatred, ignominy, infamy, malice, obloquy, onus, opprobrium, rebuke, reprobation, resentment, slur, spot, stain, stigma |
| Antonyms: | approval, honor, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reproach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong criticism; dishonor |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonishment, admonition, blame, blemish, censure, chiding, condemnation, contempt, disapproval, discredit, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, scorn, shame, slight, slur, stain, stigma |
| Antonyms: | approval, honor, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | scandal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, crime, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirty linen, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, dynamite, eavesdropping, gossip, hearsay, idle rumor, ignominy, infamy, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, rumor, scorcher, shame, sin, skeleton in closet, slander, tale, talk, turpitude, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister, black eye, blemish, blot, blur, brand, brickbat, calumny, dirty dig, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put-down, rap, reflection, reproach, slam, smear, stain, stigma, stricture, zinger |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blemish, blister, blot, blow off, brand, calumniate, cap, chop*, cut to the quick, cut up, defame, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dump on, give a black eye, hit where one lives, insinuate, kick in the teeth, libel, malign, miff, offend, push, put down*, reproach, roast, scorch*, skin alive, slander, slap in the face, slight, smear, snub, spatter, stain, tear down, traduce, vilify, zing |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
| Synonyms: | bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmirch, contaminate, crumb, debase, defile, degrade, dirty, discolor, disgrace, foul, grime, maculate, mess, mess up, muck up, muck, muddy, muss up, muss, pollute, shame, smear, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | spoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, hurt |
| Synonyms: | blemish, damage, debase, deface, defile, demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, disfigure, disgrace, harm, impair, injure, make useless, mar, mess up*, muck up, pillage, plunder, prejudice, ravage, sack, smash, spoliate, squash, take apart, tarnish, trash*, undo, upset, vitiate, waste, wreck |
| Antonyms: | help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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