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brickbat
noun as in affront
Strongest matches
noun as in derision
noun as in disapproval
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in flak
noun as in provocation
noun as in slur
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A feeling of sadness and longingThat is not like being sick, And resembles sorrow onlyAs a brickbat resembles a brick.
It set Tom to thinking; he said afterwards the spectacle was enough to make a brickbat wake up and think.
Some of our readers may think that this was a fit punishment for having “pashed” the toad to “death with a brickbat.”
There isn't a mineral in Louisiana, unless it is a brickbat.
I was there myself, and did what I could to quiet the tumult, receiving more than one brickbat for my interference.
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On this page you'll find 225 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to brickbat, such as: indignity, provocation, slight, abuse, injury, and offense.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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