Thesaurus / cut to the quick
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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
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- burn
- chafe
- constrain
- cut to the quick
- discomfit
- discommode
- displease
- distress
- excruciate
- faze
- give no quarter
- go for jugular
- grieve
- hit where one lives
- injure
- lambaste
- lay a bad trip on
- lean on
- martyr
- martyrize
- prejudice
- punish
- put down
- put out
- sadden
- sting
- thumb nose at
- torment
- torture
- try
- upset
- vex
- vitiate
- work over
- wound
- zing
- ache
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- anguish
- annoy
- bite
- chafe
- chasten
- constrain
- convulse
- cut to the quick
- discomfort
- disquiet
- distress
- exasperate
- excruciate
- gall
- grieve
- gripe
- harass
- harm
- harrow
- hit where one lives
- hurt
- inflame
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- nick
- prick
- punish
- rack
- rile
- sadden
- smart
- sting
- strain
- stress
- suffer
- throb
- tingle
- torment
- torture
- upset
- vex
- worry
- wound
- blacken
- blemish
- blister
- blot
- blow off
- brand
- calumniate
- cap
- chop
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- defame
- denigrate
- detract
- discredit
- disgrace
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hit where one lives
- insinuate
- kick in the teeth
- libel
- malign
- miff
- offend
- push
- put down
- reproach
- roast
- scorch
- skin alive
- slander
- slap in the face
- slight
- smear
- snub
- spatter
- stain
- tear down
- traduce
- vilify
- zing
- blackened
- blemished
- blew off
- blistered
- blotted
- branded
- calumniated
- capped
- chopped
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- defamed
- denigrated
- detracted
- discredited
- disgraced
- dumped on
- gave a black eye
- hit where one lived
- insinuated
- kicked in the teeth
- libelled
- maligned
- miffed
- offended
- pushed
- put down
- reproached
- roasted
- scorched
- skin alive
- slandered
- slapped in the face
- slighted
- smeared
- snubbed
- spattered
- stained
- tore down
- traduced
- vilified
- zinged
- blackening
- blemishing
- blistering
- blotting
- blowing off
- branding
- calumniating
- capping
- chopping
- cutting to the quick
- cutting up
- defaming
- denigrating
- detracting
- discrediting
- disgracing
- dumping on
- giving a black eye
- hitting where one living
- insinuating
- kicking in the teeth
- libelling
- maligning
- miffing
- offending
- pushing
- putting down
- reproaching
- roasting
- scorching
- skin alive
- slandering
- slapping in the face
- slighting
- smearing
- snubbing
- spattering
- staining
- tearing down
- traducing
- vilifying
- zinging
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