crucify
Meaning of crucify
verb
- put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment.
two thieves were crucified with Jesus
- criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly.
our fans would crucify us if we lost
Middle English: from Old French crucifier, from late Latin crucifigere, from Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross’ + figere ‘fix’. Compare with crucifix.
Information about crucify
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of crucify is: crucifies.
- Languages in which crucify is used:
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Hyphenation of crucify
cru-cify
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- crucify is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
crucify synonyms
Meaning torment:
torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate
Meaning savage:
Meaning carry out a sentence of death on (a legally condemned person):
Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
Meaning kill (someone) because of their beliefs:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning publicly declare to be wrong or evil:
Meaning call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning express disapproval of:
Meaning speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner:
Meaning criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:
Meaning speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
Meaning damage (someone's reputation):
Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:
Meaning strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning subject to fierce criticism:
Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:
Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:
Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning put (something) in a bag:
Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
Meaning express or feel disapproval of:
Meaning rebuke severely; scold:
Meaning criticize (someone) severely:
Meaning attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of:
Meaning detract from:
Meaning reprimand:
crucify antonyms
Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:
Translation of crucify
- French: crucifier
- German: kreuzigen
- Italian: crocifiggere
- Portuguese: crucificar
- Spanish: crucificar
Words that rhyme with crucify
capacify, glacify, opacify, pacify, repacify, pecify, prespecify, respecify, specify, underspecify, desilicify, felicify, silicify, calcify, decalcify, dulcify, dezincify, duncify, fancify, princify, zincify, farcify, mercify, cocrucify, paucify, recrucify, sprucify
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