vverb.socialkill by nailing onto a crossExamples:- Jesus Christ was crucified
Derivationally Related Form:crucifixcrucifixion
Hypernyms:execute put to death
Inherited Hypernyms:crucifyexecutekill
Inherited Hypernyms:crucifyexecutepunish
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: crucify)
vverb.emotiontreat cruellySynset:bedevil dun frustrate rag torment
Examples:- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Derivationally Related Form:tormentbedevilmentfrustrationcrucifixiontormentertormentor
Hypernyms:beset chevvy chevy chivvy chivy harass harry hassle molest plague provoke
Inherited Hypernyms:tormentharassannoydisplease
Direct Hyponyms:badgerbeleaguerbughamstringmaddenoppresspersecutepestertease
Full Troponyms:hamstringmaddenpersecutepurgetease
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: frustrate)
vverb.emotionhold within limits and controlSynset:mortify subdue
Examples:- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
Derivationally Related Form:mortification
Hypernyms:check contain control curb hold hold in moderate
Inherited Hypernyms:mortifycontrolrestrain
Direct Hyponyms:mortify
Entailment:abstain desist refrain
Full Troponyms:mortify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationcriticize harshly or violentlySynset:blast pillory savage
Examples:- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
Hypernyms:criticise criticize knock pick apart
Inherited Hypernyms:savageknockcommentnotestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody