Persecute - English meaning

Persecute – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
Usage examples:
His followers were persecuted by the authorities
Synonims:
OppressAbuseVictimizeIll-treatMistreatMaltreatDiscriminate againstPunishInflict pain/suffering onTyrannizeAfflictTormentTortureMartyr
verb
Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or their political beliefs.
Usage examples:
His followers were persecuted by the authorities

verb
To treat people unfairly or cruelly over a period of time because of their race, religion, etc.
Usage examples:
She claimed the government was persecuting its opponents., political/religious persecution, given t…

Persecute translation into English

Persecute: translate from English into Chinese

迫害, 困扰

Persecute: translate from English into Dutch

Vervolgen, Achtervolgen, Lastig vallen, Najagen

Persecute: translate from English into French

Persécuter, Harceler, Tourmenter, Torturer

Persecute: translate from English into German

Verfolgen, Schikanieren, Belästigen

Persecute: translate from English into Hindi

सताना, ज़ुल्म करना, अत्याचार करना, कष्ट देना, तंग करना, पीछे पड़ना, तङ्ग करना, कष्ट पहुंचाना

Persecute: translate from English into Italian

Perseguitare

Persecute: translate from English into Korean

박해하다, 학대하다, 특히 이교도 등을 학대하다, 성가시게 괴롭히다

Persecute: translate from English into Russian

Преследовать, Подвергать гонениям, Докучать, Надоедать, Преследователь

Persecute: translate from English into Spanish

Perseguir, Acosar, Molestar

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French persecuter, from Latin persecut- ‘followed with hostility’, from the verb persequi, from per- ‘through, utterly’ + sequi ‘follow, pursue’.

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Persecute – similar words

persecuting

verb
Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
Usage examples:
His followers were persecuted by the authorities

verb
Present participle of persecute
Usage examples:
Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime., his latest film is …

Persecuting - all meanings in English

persecutes

verb
Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
Usage examples:
His followers were persecuted by the authorities

verb
To treat people unfairly or cruelly over a period of time because of their race, religion, etc.
Usage examples:
She claimed the government was persecuting its opponents., political/religious persecution, given t…

Persecutes - all meanings in English

persecuted

verb
Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
Usage examples:
His followers were persecuted by the authorities

verb
Past simple and past participle of persecute
Usage examples:
Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime., his latest film is …

Persecuted - all meanings in English

Persecute synonims

abuse

əˈbjuːz

verb
Use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.
Usage examples:
The judge abused his power by imposing the fines

noun
The improper use of something.
Usage examples:
Alcohol abuse

verb
Cruel or inhumane treatment

Abuse - all meanings in English

afflict

əˈflɪkt

verb
(of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely.
Usage examples:
His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

verb
To make someone or something suffer physically or mentally
Usage examples:
He was afflicted with severe asthma., illiteracy is a serious affliction.

verb
If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they or it suffer from it
Usage examples:
It is an illness that afflicts women more than men., a country afflicted by civil war

Afflict - all meanings in English

ill-treat

verb
To treat someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them
Usage examples:
The child had been severely ill-treated by his parents.

Ill-treat - all meanings in English

maltreat

verb
Treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence.
Usage examples:
Children die from neglect or are maltreated by their carers

verb
To treat someone cruelly or violently
Usage examples:
He had been badly maltreated as a child.

Maltreat - all meanings in English

martyr

noun
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
Usage examples:
The first christian martyr

verb
Kill (someone) because of their beliefs.
Usage examples:
She was martyred for her faith

noun
A person who suffers greatly or is killed, esp. because of political or religious beliefs

Martyr - all meanings in English

mistreat

verb
Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly.
Usage examples:
He denied mistreating his workers

Mistreat - all meanings in English

oppress

verb
Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
Usage examples:
A system which oppressed working people

verb
To govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom
Usage examples:
In his speech he spoke against those who continue to oppress the poor., he's feeling oppressed by t…

Oppress - all meanings in English

punish

verb
Inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.
Usage examples:
I have done wrong and i'm being punished for it

verb
To cause people who have done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer by making them do something they don’t want to do or sending them to prison
Usage examples:
She was punished for being late to school., swimming in the potomac is punishable by a fine., [ c ]…

Punish - all meanings in English

torment

noun
Severe physical or mental suffering.
Usage examples:
Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb
Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.
Usage examples:
He was tormented by jealousy

noun
Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain
Usage examples:
[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…

Torment - all meanings in English

torture

noun
The action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.
Usage examples:
The torture of political prisoners

verb
Inflict severe pain or suffering on.
Usage examples:
Most of the victims had been brutally tortured

noun
An injury or severe mental pain
Usage examples:
[ c ] all drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather., [ u ] the museum has many exampl…

Torture - all meanings in English

tyrannize

verb
Rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly.
Usage examples:
She tyrannized her family

verb
To treat someone cruelly, controlling everything that they do
Usage examples:
He was one of those school bullies who tyrannized the whole playground.

Tyrannize - all meanings in English

victimize

verb
Single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment.
Usage examples:
They are victimized by racism or discriminatory barriers

verb
To treat someone in an intentionally unfair way, especially because of their race, sex, beliefs, etc.
Usage examples:
He claimed he'd been victimized by the police., nixon felt that he was being victimized by the media.

Victimize - all meanings in English

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