The coach's sharp words lacerated my feelings. The inscription on his tomb in Dublin's St. Patrick's says that “the body of Jonathan Swift is buried here, where fierce indignation…can lacerate his heart no more” (Time).
SYNONYM(S): harrow, afflict.lacerate leaves.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
lac·er·ate — … Useful english dictionary
di|lac|er|ate — «duh LAS uh rayt, dy », transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. to tear in pieces; tear apart. ╂[< Latin dīlacerāre (with English ate1) < dis apart + lacerāre lacerate] … Useful english dictionary
ate — ab·bre·vi·ate; ac·cel·er·ate; acra·ni·ate; ac·u·ate; acu·le·ate; ac·yl·ate; adul·ter·ate; af·fec·tion·ate; af·fil·i·ate; ag·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·kyl·ate; al·lit·er·ate; am·mo·ni·ate; ap·pro·pri·ate; ar·che·go·ni·ate; as·cid·i·ate; as·per·ate;… … English syllables
lac — ab·lac·ta·tion; aga·lac·tia; al·a·gui·lac; alan·to·lac·tone; al·lac·ta·ga; al·lac·tite; am·bu·lac·ral; am·bu·lac·ri·form; am·bu·lac·rum; an·a·ga·lac·tic; an·a·phy·lac·tic; an·a·phy·lac·tin; an·a·phy·lac·to·gen; an·a·phy·lac·toid;… … English syllables
lacerate — lac·er·ate … English syllables
lacerate — lac•er•ate v. [[t]ˈlæs əˌreɪt[/t]] adj. [[t] əˌreɪt, ər ɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. 1) pat to tear roughly; mangle 2) to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly 3) lacerated • Etymology: 1535–45; < L… … From formal English to slang
lacerate — lac·er·ate las ə .rāt vt, at·ed; at·ing to tear or rend roughly: wound jaggedly <a lacerated spleen> … Medical dictionary
lacerate — lac|er|ate [ læsə,reıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to make a deep cut in someone s flesh … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ER — ER; ab·er·deen; ab·er·do·ni·an; ab·er·rant; ac·cel·er·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·lit·er·ate; al·to·geth·er; an·oth·er; an·ti·cho·lin·er·gic; ap·er; ap·prov·er; av·er·age; back·er; back·hand·er; badg·er; bail·er; bark·er; bar·ri·er; bast·er; beak·er; … English syllables
Lacerate — Lac er*ate, Lacerated Lac er*a ted, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. [1913 Webster] By each other s fury lacerate Southey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot. & Zo[ o]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
