Word Meanings - PERSECUTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted.
Additional info about word: PERSECUTION
1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. 3. A carrying on; prosecution.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PERSECUTION)
- Banishment
- Outlawry
- ostracism
- expatriation
- expulsion
- persecution
- Tribulation
- Trouble
- distress
- woe
- sorrow
- suffering
- affliction
- anguish
- Tyranny
- Despotism
- inclemency
- autocracy
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PERSECUTION)
- Soothe
- compose
- please
- gratify
- gladden
- console
- elate
- comfort
- Compose
- calm
- allay
- appease
- soothe
- delight
- recreate
- entertain
- relieve
- refresh
Related words: (words related to PERSECUTION)
- INCLEMENCY
1. The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity. The inclemency of the late pope. Bp. Hall. 2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); - SORROW
The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - OUTLAWRY
1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man is deprived of that protection. 2. The state of being an outlaw. - COMFORTLESS
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n. - TROUBLER
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller. - SORROWED
Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - COMFORTABLY
In a comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2. - COMPOSE
To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all - EXPATRIATION
The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. Palfrey. - AFFLICTION
1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. Shak. 2. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or - COMPOSER
1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and - PLEASER
One who pleases or gratifies. - ENTERTAINER
One who entertains. - COMFORT
1. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker. 2. To assist or help; to aid. I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this - TROUBLESOME
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope. Syn. -- Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; - DELIGHTOUS
Delightful. Rom. of R. - REFRESHMENT
1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; - SUFFERABLE
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Suf"fer*a*bly, adv. - LONG-SUFFERANCE
Forbearance to punish or resent. - MANDELATE
A salt of mandelic acid. - OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled. - SPHACELATE
To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. - DECOMPOSE
To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. - DISCOMFORTABLE
1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. Sir P. Sidney. 2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. -- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. - INSUFFERABLY
In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud. - CRENELATE
1. To furnish with crenelles. 2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf. Crenelated molding , a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings. - OVERPLEASE
To please excessively.