persecuted

Meaning of persecuted

verb
  1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
    He who persecutes one will persecute all.
  2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

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Hyphenation of persecuted

per-se-cuted

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • persecuted is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

persecuted synonyms

Meaning :

annoy, distress, harass, oppress, worry

Words that rhyme with persecuted

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