Thesaurus / scarify
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synonyms for scarify
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- astound
- awe
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- chill
- cow
- daunt
- demoralize
- deter
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- disquiet
- faze
- horrify
- intimidate
- panic
- perturb
- petrify
- repel
- scare
- spook
- startle
- terrify
- terrorize
- unhinge
- unnerve
- chill to the bone
- curdle the blood
- disburb
- discomfort
- make blood run cold
- make one's blood run cold
- make one's hair stand on end
- make teeth chatter
- scare away
- scare off
- scare the daylights out of
- scare to death
- silly
- stiff
- strike terror into
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Dickens is going to put an article on the subject in Household Words, in order to scarify the rascally bookseller.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTTo relieve their wearied legs and feet after long marches, they scarify the former with sharp flints.
THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT, VOLUME 1HUBERT HOWE BANCROFTWhen fatigued by travel they scarify their legs with a sharpened reed or snakes' teeth.
THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT, VOLUME 1HUBERT HOWE BANCROFTHis political jingles were the delight or vexation of partisans as they happened to ridicule or scarify this side or that.
EUGENE FIELD, A STUDY IN HEREDITY AND CONTRADICTIONSSLASON THOMPSONIncapable of checking a witty saying, he would scarify his two neighbors before a dinner was half over.
BUREAUCRACYHONORE DE BALZACSometimes it is also necessary to scarify the pharynx and soft palate with a small bistoury.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUSI would to God I could get at the parental heart of —, in which event I would so scarify it, that he should writhe again.
SPEECHES OF CHARLES DICKENSCHARLES DICKENSEr tamperin' wid de ha'r what de good Lord put on er colored pusson's head an' ertryin' fer ter scarify my feelin's like yer done.
MISS MINERVA AND WILLIAM GREEN HILLFRANCES BOYD CALHOUNSometimes it may be necessary to scarify the gums, or to apply leeches to them.
POPULAR TECHNOLOGY, VOL. I (OF 2)EDWARD HAZENAnd were not these instances enough to scarify any man's imagination, and shiver his every nerve?
THE CATHOLIC WORLD. VOLUME II; NUMBERS 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.E. RAMEURWORDS RELATED TO SCARIFY
- baste
- bawl out
- beat
- berate
- blister
- cane
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- come down on
- correct
- criticize
- discipline
- drag over the coals
- dress down
- drub
- excoriate
- flay
- flog
- jump down one's throat
- lambaste
- lash
- lay out
- lean on
- penalize
- pummel
- punish
- rail
- rate
- read the riot act
- ream
- rebuke
- reprimand
- scarify
- scathe
- scold
- scorch
- scourge
- thrash
- tongue-lash
- upbraid
- whip
- amputate
- behead
- bisect
- bite
- carve
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- dice
- dispatch
- dissect
- dissever
- divide
- facet
- fell
- flitch
- gash
- guillotine
- hack
- hash
- hew
- intersect
- lacerate
- lay open
- level
- lop
- massacre
- mince
- mow
- mow down
- nick
- notch
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- prune
- puncture
- quarter
- rabbet
- raze
- reap
- rend
- rip
- rive
- saber
- saw
- scarify
- scissor
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shave
- shear
- sickle
- skive
- slash
- slaughter
- slay
- slice
- slit
- sliver
- snip
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