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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shredded |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, dilapidated, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, moth-eaten, poorly made, ripped, rugged, scraggy, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, torn to pieces, unkempt |
| Main Entry: | tatterdemalion |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tattered |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, dilapidated, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, moth-eaten, poorly made, ragged, raggedy, ripped, rugged, scraggy, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, torn to pieces, unkempt |
| Main Entry: | bad-mouth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to denigrate |
| Synonyms: | belittle, criticize, cut down to size, dis, disparage, dump on, find fault, knock*, malign, mudsling, pan, pooh pooh, put down*, rap, rip, roast, run down, slam, slander, take a dig at, take down a peg, tear down, tear to pieces |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, destroy with words |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agonize, bedevil, bother, harrow, ill-treat, lampoon, pan, ridicule, smite, tear to pieces, torment, torture, try, wipe the floor with |
| Antonyms: | compliment, exalt, laud, praise |
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