Thesaurus / cut to the quick
FEEDBACKsynonyms for cut to the quick
synonyms for cut to the quick
- insult
- offend
- persecute
- revile
- backbite
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- oppress
- reproach
- ride
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- smear
- sound
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- bad-mouth
- blow off
- cuss out
- cut down
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- rip up
- run down
- sling mud
- swear at
- tear apart
- criticize
- decry
- deride
- discredit
- disparage
- downplay
- scorn
- underestimate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- diminish
- discount
- downgrade
- knock
- lower
- minimize
- pan
- rip
- roast
- slam
- smear
- trivialize
- underrate
- undervalue
- bad-mouth
- cut down to size
- dispraise
- dump on
- pooh pooh
- poor-mouth
- put down
- run down
- scoff at
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- sneer at
- take a swipe at
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- write off
- annoy
- antagonize
- bother
- chagrin
- disappoint
- disgust
- dissatisfy
- enrage
- exasperate
- frustrate
- gall
- incense
- irk
- irritate
- offend
- perplex
- rile
- upset
- vex
- aggravate
- anger
- cap
- cool
- curdle
- discontent
- disgruntle
- disoblige
- fret
- hurt
- nettle
- pique
- provoke
- repel
- revolt
- roil
- sound
- wing
- worry
- play dirty
- put out
- turn off
- zing
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- deflate
- disgrace
- embarrass
- humiliate
- mortify
- overcome
- subdue
- upset
- abase
- abash
- break
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- hide
- lower
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- bemean
- bring down
- cast down
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- strike dumb
- take down
- take down a peg
- annoy
- constrain
- injure
- punish
- sadden
- sting
- upset
- wound
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- burn
- chafe
- discomfit
- discommode
- displease
- distress
- excruciate
- faze
- grieve
- lambaste
- martyr
- martyrize
- prejudice
- torment
- torture
- try
- vex
- vitiate
- zing
- give no quarter
- go for jugular
- hit where one lives
- lay a bad trip on
- lean on
- put down
- put out
- thumb nose at
- work over
- annoy
- curse
- humiliate
- irritate
- libel
- mock
- outrage
- provoke
- ridicule
- slander
- taunt
- abase
- affront
- aggravate
- blister
- debase
- degrade
- deride
- dishonor
- disoblige
- flout
- gird
- injure
- jeer
- pan
- revile
- roast
- scoff
- slam
- slight
- sneer
- snub
- tease
- underestimate
- vex
- dump on
- put down
- step on one's toes
- ache
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- anguish
- annoy
- bite
- chafe
- chasten
- constrain
- convulse
- discomfort
- disquiet
- distress
- exasperate
- excruciate
- gall
- grieve
- gripe
- harass
- harm
- harrow
- hurt
- inflame
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- nick
- prick
- punish
- rack
- rile
- sadden
- smart
- sting
- strain
- stress
- suffer
- throb
- tingle
- torment
- torture
- upset
- vex
- worry
- wound
- hit where one lives
- blacken
- blemish
- blister
- blot
- brand
- calumniate
- cap
- chop
- defame
- denigrate
- detract
- discredit
- disgrace
- insinuate
- libel
- malign
- miff
- offend
- push
- reproach
- roast
- scorch
- slander
- slight
- smear
- snub
- spatter
- stain
- traduce
- vilify
- zing
- blow off
- cut up
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hit where one lives
- kick in the teeth
- put down
- skin alive
- slap in the face
- tear down
- disturb
- grieve
- hurt
- mortify
- offend
- outrage
- shock
- upset
- bother
- distress
- get
- pain
- sting
- trouble
- do in
- dump on
- hurt one's feelings
- put down
- shake up
- hurt
- traumatize
- bother
- distress
- disturb
- get
- grieve
- mortify
- offend
- outrage
- pain
- sting
- trouble
- upset
- do in
- dump on
- hurt one's feelings
- put down
- shake up
antonyms for cut to the quick
MOST RELEVANT
- approve
- commend
- compliment
- flatter
- laud
- praise
- enlarge
- increase
- overestimate
- overrate
- overvalue
- raise
- upgrade
- build up
- exaggerate
- value
- aid
- assist
- calm
- comfort
- delight
- encourage
- help
- make happy
- placate
- please
- soothe
- appease
- mollify
- quiet
- relieve
- compose
- humor
- satisfy
- boost
- build up
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- compliment
- delight
- encourage
- enlighten
- explain
- help
- honor
- lose
- make happy
- order
- please
- praise
- release
- surrender
- yield
- agree
- allow
- elevate
- enhance
- grow
- improve
- increase
- laud
- open
- promote
- raise
- rise
- strengthen
- upgrade
- aid
- cure
- delight
- heal
- help
- let go
- make happy
- please
- approve
- assist
- calm
- comfort
- praise
- protect
- respect
- satisfy
- soothe
- assuage
- placate
- relieve
- remedy
- aid
- delight
- flatter
- make happy
- please
- praise
- soothe
- tell the truth
- appease
- assist
- compliment
- elevate
- help
- honor
- improve
- mollify
- respect
- upgrade
- aid
- alleviate
- appease
- assist
- assuage
- calm
- cheer
- comfort
- cure
- delight
- ease
- encourage
- fix
- heal
- help
- let go
- make happy
- mend
- placate
- please
- praise
- relieve
- soothe
- approve
- beautify
- commend
- compliment
- conceal
- exalt
- flatter
- hide
- honor
- please
- praise
- enunciate
- pronounce
- aid
- assist
- be happy
- calm
- comfort
- compliment
- delight
- fail
- help
- lose
- make happy
- order
- please
- satisfy
- soothe
- appease
- cure
- heal
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use cut to the quick in a sentence
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONEach day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONBefore he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLSleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSAll the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSomething remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODAt the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSTo-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIt occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO CUT TO THE QUICK
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- bad-mouth
- criticize
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- diminish
- discount
- discredit
- disparage
- dispraise
- downgrade
- downplay
- dump on
- knock
- lower
- minimize
- pan
- pooh pooh
- poor-mouth
- put down
- rip
- roast
- run down
- scoff at
- scorn
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- slam
- smear
- sneer at
- take a swipe at
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- trivialize
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- write off
- bad-mouthed
- blistered
- criticized
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- decried
- deprecated
- depreciated
- derided
- derogated
- diminished
- discounted
- discredited
- disparaged
- dispraised
- downgraded
- downplayed
- dumped on
- knocked
- lowered
- minimized
- panned
- pooh pooh
- poor mouth
- put down
- ran down
- ripped
- roasted
- scoff at
- scorched
- scorned
- shot down
- shot full of holes
- slammed
- smeared
- sneered at
- sour grapes
- squashed
- squelched
- took a swipe at
- took down
- took down a peg
- tore down
- underestimated
- underrated
- undervalued
- wrote off
- bad-mouths
- blisters
- criticizes
- cuts down to size
- cuts to the quick
- decries
- deprecates
- depreciates
- derides
- derogates
- diminishes
- discounts
- discredits
- disparages
- dispraises
- downgrades
- downplays
- dumps on
- knocks
- lowers
- minimizes
- pans
- pooh pooh
- poor mouth
- puts down
- rips
- roasts
- runs down
- scoff at
- scorches
- scorns
- shoots down
- shoots full of holes
- slams
- smears
- sneers at
- sour grapes
- squashes
- squelches
- takes a swipe at
- takes down
- takes down a peg
- tears down
- underestimates
- underrates
- undervalues
- writes off
- aggravate
- anger
- annoy
- antagonize
- bother
- cap
- chagrin
- cool
- curdle
- cut to the quick
- disappoint
- discontent
- disgruntle
- disgust
- disoblige
- dissatisfy
- enrage
- exasperate
- fret
- frustrate
- gall
- hurt
- incense
- irk
- irritate
- nettle
- offend
- perplex
- pique
- play dirty
- provoke
- put out
- repel
- revolt
- rile
- roil
- sound
- turn off
- upset
- vex
- wing
- worry
- zing
- abase
- abash
- bemean
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- cut to the quick
- debase
- deflate
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- disgrace
- embarrass
- hide
- humiliate
- lower
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- mortify
- overcome
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- strike dumb
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- upset
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.