Scabrous Sentence Examples
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Scabrous humor, with short, sharp scenes and a crazy string of plots.
Scabrous attack on police brutality.
1 rough with small points or knobs, like a file; scaly or scabby
2 marked with or as with scabs; blotchy, encrusted, etc.
3 full of difficulties
4 indecent, shocking, improper, scandalous,
1 Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch.
1 Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation.
2 Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel.
6 pussyfooter
Variant of pussyfoot
intransitive verb
to move with stealth or caution, like a cat
to shy away from a definite commitment or from taking a firm stand
7 perambulated, perambulating
1 to walk through, over, around, etc., esp. in examining or inspecting
2 to walk around so as to officially inspect and maintain the boundary of (a forest, estate, etc.)
1 to walk about; stroll
Related Forms: per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing, per·am·bu·lates
1 To walk through.
2 To inspect (an area) on foot.
verb, intransitive
1To walk about; roam or stroll.
3 Perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
1Perambulated the town before the regatta commenced.
2Perambulaten for example, every seventh year on Ascension Day the Vestry organized the centuries-old custom of perambulating the parish boundaries.
5 Sanctimonious prig!
Somehow holiness has a rather sanctimonious feel to it.
Sanctimonious hypocrites for trying to get rid of her.
I'd be more sympathetic with you if you weren't so sanctimonious about it.
Sanctimonious attitude that claimed that new labor was morally superior to the conservative party.
Mind you, the brits canât sound too sanctimonious, what with any number of olde worlde english nostalgia in recent years.
Sanctimonious posturing vented by emperor tony in his sad little speech.
Sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition.
Sanctimonious cretin " .
6 The definition of sanctimonious involves making a big show about how you are better or morally superior to others.
An example of sanctimonious is someone who always goes on and on about how he does tons of charity work and is such a great person.
4 Forlorn Sentence Examples
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Hanging baskets try in vain to hide the rather forlorn look of the station.
DONâT MISS: The royal barge â itâs floating in the visitor center THE wombat with the tartan eye patch looks a bit forlorn.
Forlorn hope to the tune of sixteen francs?
Now the trees stand forlorn in the gathering gloom.
General Condition: Although the station has seen a repaint in recent years, it is still looking a little forlorn.
Forlorn figure hanging upon a tree, forsaken by all.
The main site has now been almost entirely cleared leaving just the boarded up Station Headquarters, looking rather forlorn.
She looked so forlorn, so empty like the hope had been sucked out of her.
Forlorn attempt to restore the Crown, the future Charles II was defeated by Cromwell himself.
However the people do not seem as forlorn as some of their property.
The catwalks have gone from City and Essex looked very forlorn without the landing stage.
Forlorn condition was very different on each.
Sadly this all finished again during 1998 and the two grain barges now lie forlorn at their berth at Tewkesbury.
He repeats his increasingly forlorn call for Labor lefts to follow his example: resign from Blair's party and join the SLP.
Forlorn state indeed!
So Livy and Clara ( Spaulding ) sat down forlorn, and cried, and I retired to a private, place to pray.
Tinsel, trimmings, house adorn, Baby Jesus all forlorn.
Forlorn chase after moving targets.
What do you think when you're feeling forlorn?
3 Another word for forlorn
modified
forsaken, desolate, forgotten, miserable;
4 Another word for forlorn
adjective
Dejected due to the awareness of being alone:
desolate, lonely, lonesome, lorn. See happy
Having been given up and left alone:
abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lorn. See keep
Empty of people:
deserted, desolate, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented. See full
Having lost all hope:
despairing, desperate, despondent, hopeless.
5unavailing : adjective
not availing; futile; ineffectual
Not availing; ineffectual or useless.
Related Forms:
unˌa·vailˈing·ly (adverb)
4 Unavailing late attempt to change the decision, Fisher called on the Prime Minister.
Small steps by timid leaders had proved unavailing for a century.
Unavailing efforts.
5 useful result:
barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain.
Extreme sadness words?
by hickcraz..., answers.yahoo.com
June 13th 2006
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
The saddest words to me would be inconsolable, devastated, anguished, desolate,cheerless, forlorn, lost, bereaved and undone.
Here are some others:
unhappy, down, low, blue, depressed, gloomy, grieved, dismal, melancholy, somber, glum, wistful, mournful, dejected, downcast, grief-stricken, tearful, lugubrious, pensive, disconsolate, doleful, heavy-hearted, down in the dumps, cheerless, lachrymose, woebegone, down in the mouth,low-spirited, triste, sick at heart, moping, inconsolable
. tragic, moving, upsetting, dark, sorry, depressing, disastrous, dismal, pathetic, poignant, harrowing, grievous, pitiful, calamitous, heart-rending, pitiable, heart-breaking,
deplorable, bad, sorry, terrible, distressing, unfortunate, miserable, shabby,lamentable, wretched, regrettable, disappointing, distressing, unhappy, unfortunate, unsatisfactory, woeful, lamentable
also:
unhappiness,dolefulness,affliction,hea… - persisting sadness; melancholy, misery, intense unhappiness,forlornness, loneliness, desolation, forsaken, abandonment
tearfulness, weepiness, loss, bereavement
regret, ruefulness, sorrow, rue
cheerlessness, uncheerfulness dreariness, depression, gloom, inadequacy
dejectedness, dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness "
perpetual sadness"
sorrowfulness,
unhappiness, mild discontentment,deep grief
bereavement, mourning,state of sorrow
poignance, poignancy - deeply felt distress
excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
lugubriousness, gloominess
5 definition of dabble
transitive verb dabbled, dabbling
1 to dip lightly in and out of a liquid
2 to wet by dipping, splashing, or sprinkling
A to play in water, as with the hands
B to do something superficially, not seriously: with in or at: to dabble in art
verb dab·bled, dab·bling, dab·bles
1 To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid: “The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold” (Katherine Mansfield).
verb, intransitive
1 To splash liquid gently and playfully.
2 To undertake something superficially or without serious intent: “The restaurant business entails more than . . . dabbling in interior design” (Andy Birsh).
4 To bob forward and under in shallow water so as to feed off the bottom.
4 Dabble Sentence Examples
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Dabbles a bit in politics!
Andy's much the same but does occasionally dabble in American bottled beers, which we readily mock him for.
Dabble in theology, and write about whatever takes my fancy.
Dabbled with drugs in the past.
I'm interested in theories of musical analysis as well, and have even dabbled in Mozart studies.
Dabbled in drugs.
Dabble over a thousand dabbling duck, which had included Baikal Teal the previous week.
Dabbleng read this, it feels like the Government are dabbling with too many small things.
Dabblesome, dabbling in the occult can become a way of life.
Do you DJ just hiphop or also dabble in other music genres?
Dabble in politics.
Dabbled with a bit of Spanish, others ' I'll have a pizza, cheers!
Dabbleg materials from little-known publications and archives, Lucifer Ascending details the true social function of individuals ' dabbling with the occult.
Dabble had too many experiences now where even adults can be disturbed by dabbling in witchcraft.
Do I just dabble a little in each or should I take a closer look?
Dabbled with computers.
Dabbleough I have my studies starting soon I think I may still keep dabbling with WordPress themes.
Dabble throws out her invisible foe, but is perhaps dabbling in magic too powerful for her to cope with.
Neil Kinnock - The Welsh former Labor Leader who still dabbles a bit in politics!
Scientists never dabble in anything, they always make a very careful study of their subject.
3 Another word for dabble
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verb
trifle with, putter, fiddle with, dip into, engage in superficially, amuse oneself with, dally, flirt with, toy with, be an amateur, have a dilettante's interest, idle away time, make slight efforts, do something in a light manner, scratch the surface, have sport with, tinker, putter around, diddle*, fool with*, fool around*.
Antonyms delve into, work at, become an expert.
1 verb: foreclose; 3rd person present: forecloses; past tense: foreclosed; past participle: foreclosed; gerund or present participle: foreclosing
1.
take possession of a mortgaged property as a result of the mortgagor's failure to keep up their mortgage payments.
"the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage"
take away someone's power of redeeming (a mortgage) and take possession of the mortgaged property.
2.
rule out or prevent (a course of action).
"the decision effectively foreclosed any possibility of his early rehabilitation
3 noun: foreclosure; plural noun: foreclosures
1.
the process of taking possession of a mortgaged property as a result of the mortgagor's failure to keep up mortgage
2 The definition of importune is requests that are urgent and often.
An example of importune used as an adjective is importune barking, the begging of a dog to go outside.
verb
To importune is defined as to ask for something over and over.
An example of to importune is to beg someone for money.
transitive verb importuned, importuning
to trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
Archaic to ask for urgently; demand
Obsolete
to trouble; annoy or
impel
intransitive verb
to make urgent requests or demands
verb im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunes verb, transitive
1 To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.
2 Archaic :To ask for urgently or repeatedly.
3 To annoy; vex.
verb, intransitive
4To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. See Synonyms at beg.
adjective
Importunate.
3 Having been often importuned to preach at Cowbridge, this morning I set out with sister Jones and others.
1 The definition of imperious is someone or something that is domineering and demanding, without any justification or right.
An example of imperious is a demand by a new house guest that you go to the store and buy him the type of drink he enjoys.
adjective
overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
adjective
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
Urgent; pressing.
Obsolete Regal; imperial.
3 Imperious Sentence Examples
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Imperious voice we are accustomed to hear from the morality of duty.
I am like a mother with her child; I endure anything from you; I, that was once so imperious and proud.
Ranger made a quickfire 43, while Palin looked imperious as he smashed seven fours and a six.
Imperious form.
The King sent a second, and very imperious command to the Lord of Cardigan.
Imperious command to the Lord of Cardigan.
Imperious air and patronizing manner.
Imperious performance last year, reducing John Higgins virtually to the role of appreciative spectator.
Imperious manner than Ronnie did?
3 Fang=Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.
1Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
2 A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.
3 The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
4 A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.
6 A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.
Variant of fang
noun
the pointed part of something
A1 . They now have their court novelists, along with their psychiatrists and then- debt counselors, to expiate the evil spirits.
2. But when he falls in love with one of the deportees, the girl with the bewitching eyes, he begins to expiate his sins.
3. If the play is Eliot's attempt to expiate his sin, it is no wonder he later renounced it.
4 expiation; plural noun: expiations
1.
the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
"an act of public expiation
3 ex·pi·ate
1 atone for (guilt or sin).
"their sins must be expiated by sacrifice"
synonyms:
atone for, make amends for, make up for, do penance for, pay for, redress, redeem, offset, make good
"the desire to expiate his sins
2 Expiate the sins of my youth?
3 Expiate the guilt of spending two weeks in front of the box.
4 The act of expiating; atonement.
A means of expiating.
Related Forms:
exˈpi·a·toˌry
3 expiation
Variant of expiate
transitive verb expiated, expiating
to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt); atone for
to pay the penalty of; suffer for
1. They now have their court novelists, along with their psychiatrists and then- debt counselors, to expiate the evil spirits.
2. But when he falls in love with one of the deportees, the girl with the bewitching eyes, he begins to expiate his sins.
3. If the play is Eliot's attempt to expiate his sin, it is no wonder he later renounced it.
verb
1. To expiate in shame the crimes I've done.
2. We expiate in old age the follies of our youth.
3. Fireproof wears a badge of sweet solemnity, seeking the audience's empathy for decent people working to expiate their sins.
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Scabrous humor, with short, sharp scenes and a crazy string of plots.
Scabrous attack on police brutality.
1 rough with small points or knobs, like a file; scaly or scabby
2 marked with or as with scabs; blotchy, encrusted, etc.
3 full of difficulties
4 indecent, shocking, improper, scandalous,
1 Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch.
1 Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation.
2 Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel.
6 pussyfooter
Variant of pussyfoot
intransitive verb
to move with stealth or caution, like a cat
to shy away from a definite commitment or from taking a firm stand
7 perambulated, perambulating
1 to walk through, over, around, etc., esp. in examining or inspecting
2 to walk around so as to officially inspect and maintain the boundary of (a forest, estate, etc.)
1 to walk about; stroll
Related Forms: per·am·bu·lat·ed, per·am·bu·lat·ing, per·am·bu·lates
1 To walk through.
2 To inspect (an area) on foot.
verb, intransitive
1To walk about; roam or stroll.
3 Perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
1Perambulated the town before the regatta commenced.
2Perambulaten for example, every seventh year on Ascension Day the Vestry organized the centuries-old custom of perambulating the parish boundaries.
5 Sanctimonious prig!
Somehow holiness has a rather sanctimonious feel to it.
Sanctimonious hypocrites for trying to get rid of her.
I'd be more sympathetic with you if you weren't so sanctimonious about it.
Sanctimonious attitude that claimed that new labor was morally superior to the conservative party.
Mind you, the brits canât sound too sanctimonious, what with any number of olde worlde english nostalgia in recent years.
Sanctimonious posturing vented by emperor tony in his sad little speech.
Sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition.
Sanctimonious cretin " .
6 The definition of sanctimonious involves making a big show about how you are better or morally superior to others.
An example of sanctimonious is someone who always goes on and on about how he does tons of charity work and is such a great person.
4 Forlorn Sentence Examples
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Hanging baskets try in vain to hide the rather forlorn look of the station.
DONâT MISS: The royal barge â itâs floating in the visitor center THE wombat with the tartan eye patch looks a bit forlorn.
Forlorn hope to the tune of sixteen francs?
Now the trees stand forlorn in the gathering gloom.
General Condition: Although the station has seen a repaint in recent years, it is still looking a little forlorn.
Forlorn figure hanging upon a tree, forsaken by all.
The main site has now been almost entirely cleared leaving just the boarded up Station Headquarters, looking rather forlorn.
She looked so forlorn, so empty like the hope had been sucked out of her.
Forlorn attempt to restore the Crown, the future Charles II was defeated by Cromwell himself.
However the people do not seem as forlorn as some of their property.
The catwalks have gone from City and Essex looked very forlorn without the landing stage.
Forlorn condition was very different on each.
Sadly this all finished again during 1998 and the two grain barges now lie forlorn at their berth at Tewkesbury.
He repeats his increasingly forlorn call for Labor lefts to follow his example: resign from Blair's party and join the SLP.
Forlorn state indeed!
So Livy and Clara ( Spaulding ) sat down forlorn, and cried, and I retired to a private, place to pray.
Tinsel, trimmings, house adorn, Baby Jesus all forlorn.
Forlorn chase after moving targets.
What do you think when you're feeling forlorn?
3 Another word for forlorn
modified
forsaken, desolate, forgotten, miserable;
4 Another word for forlorn
adjective
Dejected due to the awareness of being alone:
desolate, lonely, lonesome, lorn. See happy
Having been given up and left alone:
abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lorn. See keep
Empty of people:
deserted, desolate, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented. See full
Having lost all hope:
despairing, desperate, despondent, hopeless.
5unavailing : adjective
not availing; futile; ineffectual
Not availing; ineffectual or useless.
Related Forms:
unˌa·vailˈing·ly (adverb)
4 Unavailing late attempt to change the decision, Fisher called on the Prime Minister.
Small steps by timid leaders had proved unavailing for a century.
Unavailing efforts.
5 useful result:
barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain.
Extreme sadness words?
by hickcraz..., answers.yahoo.com
June 13th 2006
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
The saddest words to me would be inconsolable, devastated, anguished, desolate,cheerless, forlorn, lost, bereaved and undone.
Here are some others:
unhappy, down, low, blue, depressed, gloomy, grieved, dismal, melancholy, somber, glum, wistful, mournful, dejected, downcast, grief-stricken, tearful, lugubrious, pensive, disconsolate, doleful, heavy-hearted, down in the dumps, cheerless, lachrymose, woebegone, down in the mouth,low-spirited, triste, sick at heart, moping, inconsolable
. tragic, moving, upsetting, dark, sorry, depressing, disastrous, dismal, pathetic, poignant, harrowing, grievous, pitiful, calamitous, heart-rending, pitiable, heart-breaking,
deplorable, bad, sorry, terrible, distressing, unfortunate, miserable, shabby,lamentable, wretched, regrettable, disappointing, distressing, unhappy, unfortunate, unsatisfactory, woeful, lamentable
also:
unhappiness,dolefulness,affliction,hea… - persisting sadness; melancholy, misery, intense unhappiness,forlornness, loneliness, desolation, forsaken, abandonment
tearfulness, weepiness, loss, bereavement
regret, ruefulness, sorrow, rue
cheerlessness, uncheerfulness dreariness, depression, gloom, inadequacy
dejectedness, dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness "
perpetual sadness"
sorrowfulness,
unhappiness, mild discontentment,deep grief
bereavement, mourning,state of sorrow
poignance, poignancy - deeply felt distress
excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
lugubriousness, gloominess
5 definition of dabble
transitive verb dabbled, dabbling
1 to dip lightly in and out of a liquid
2 to wet by dipping, splashing, or sprinkling
A to play in water, as with the hands
B to do something superficially, not seriously: with in or at: to dabble in art
verb dab·bled, dab·bling, dab·bles
1 To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid: “The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold” (Katherine Mansfield).
verb, intransitive
1 To splash liquid gently and playfully.
2 To undertake something superficially or without serious intent: “The restaurant business entails more than . . . dabbling in interior design” (Andy Birsh).
4 To bob forward and under in shallow water so as to feed off the bottom.
4 Dabble Sentence Examples
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Dabbles a bit in politics!
Andy's much the same but does occasionally dabble in American bottled beers, which we readily mock him for.
Dabble in theology, and write about whatever takes my fancy.
Dabbled with drugs in the past.
I'm interested in theories of musical analysis as well, and have even dabbled in Mozart studies.
Dabbled in drugs.
Dabble over a thousand dabbling duck, which had included Baikal Teal the previous week.
Dabbleng read this, it feels like the Government are dabbling with too many small things.
Dabblesome, dabbling in the occult can become a way of life.
Do you DJ just hiphop or also dabble in other music genres?
Dabble in politics.
Dabbled with a bit of Spanish, others ' I'll have a pizza, cheers!
Dabbleg materials from little-known publications and archives, Lucifer Ascending details the true social function of individuals ' dabbling with the occult.
Dabble had too many experiences now where even adults can be disturbed by dabbling in witchcraft.
Do I just dabble a little in each or should I take a closer look?
Dabbled with computers.
Dabbleough I have my studies starting soon I think I may still keep dabbling with WordPress themes.
Dabble throws out her invisible foe, but is perhaps dabbling in magic too powerful for her to cope with.
Neil Kinnock - The Welsh former Labor Leader who still dabbles a bit in politics!
Scientists never dabble in anything, they always make a very careful study of their subject.
3 Another word for dabble
thesaurus.yourdictionary.com
verb
trifle with, putter, fiddle with, dip into, engage in superficially, amuse oneself with, dally, flirt with, toy with, be an amateur, have a dilettante's interest, idle away time, make slight efforts, do something in a light manner, scratch the surface, have sport with, tinker, putter around, diddle*, fool with*, fool around*.
Antonyms delve into, work at, become an expert.
1 verb: foreclose; 3rd person present: forecloses; past tense: foreclosed; past participle: foreclosed; gerund or present participle: foreclosing
1.
take possession of a mortgaged property as a result of the mortgagor's failure to keep up their mortgage payments.
"the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage"
take away someone's power of redeeming (a mortgage) and take possession of the mortgaged property.
2.
rule out or prevent (a course of action).
"the decision effectively foreclosed any possibility of his early rehabilitation
3 noun: foreclosure; plural noun: foreclosures
1.
the process of taking possession of a mortgaged property as a result of the mortgagor's failure to keep up mortgage
2 The definition of importune is requests that are urgent and often.
An example of importune used as an adjective is importune barking, the begging of a dog to go outside.
verb
To importune is defined as to ask for something over and over.
An example of to importune is to beg someone for money.
transitive verb importuned, importuning
to trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
Archaic to ask for urgently; demand
Obsolete
to trouble; annoy or
impel
intransitive verb
to make urgent requests or demands
verb im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunes verb, transitive
1 To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.
2 Archaic :To ask for urgently or repeatedly.
3 To annoy; vex.
verb, intransitive
4To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. See Synonyms at beg.
adjective
Importunate.
3 Having been often importuned to preach at Cowbridge, this morning I set out with sister Jones and others.
1 The definition of imperious is someone or something that is domineering and demanding, without any justification or right.
An example of imperious is a demand by a new house guest that you go to the store and buy him the type of drink he enjoys.
adjective
overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
adjective
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
Urgent; pressing.
Obsolete Regal; imperial.
3 Imperious Sentence Examples
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Imperious voice we are accustomed to hear from the morality of duty.
I am like a mother with her child; I endure anything from you; I, that was once so imperious and proud.
Ranger made a quickfire 43, while Palin looked imperious as he smashed seven fours and a six.
Imperious form.
The King sent a second, and very imperious command to the Lord of Cardigan.
Imperious command to the Lord of Cardigan.
Imperious air and patronizing manner.
Imperious performance last year, reducing John Higgins virtually to the role of appreciative spectator.
Imperious manner than Ronnie did?
3 Fang=Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.
1Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
2 A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.
3 The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
4 A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.
6 A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.
Variant of fang
noun
the pointed part of something
A1 . They now have their court novelists, along with their psychiatrists and then- debt counselors, to expiate the evil spirits.
2. But when he falls in love with one of the deportees, the girl with the bewitching eyes, he begins to expiate his sins.
3. If the play is Eliot's attempt to expiate his sin, it is no wonder he later renounced it.
4 expiation; plural noun: expiations
1.
the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
"an act of public expiation
3 ex·pi·ate
1 atone for (guilt or sin).
"their sins must be expiated by sacrifice"
synonyms:
atone for, make amends for, make up for, do penance for, pay for, redress, redeem, offset, make good
"the desire to expiate his sins
2 Expiate the sins of my youth?
3 Expiate the guilt of spending two weeks in front of the box.
4 The act of expiating; atonement.
A means of expiating.
Related Forms:
exˈpi·a·toˌry
3 expiation
Variant of expiate
transitive verb expiated, expiating
to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt); atone for
to pay the penalty of; suffer for
1. They now have their court novelists, along with their psychiatrists and then- debt counselors, to expiate the evil spirits.
2. But when he falls in love with one of the deportees, the girl with the bewitching eyes, he begins to expiate his sins.
3. If the play is Eliot's attempt to expiate his sin, it is no wonder he later renounced it.
verb
1. To expiate in shame the crimes I've done.
2. We expiate in old age the follies of our youth.
3. Fireproof wears a badge of sweet solemnity, seeking the audience's empathy for decent people working to expiate their sins.