Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Execrate this one
Execrable \Ex"e*cra*ble\, a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf.
F. ex['e]crable. See {Execrate}.]
Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable;
abominable; as, an execrable wretch. ``Execrable pride.''
--Hooker. -- {Ex"e*cra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ex"e*cra*bly}, adv.
This one causes discomfort
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomfited}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Discomfiting}.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of
desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make
ready, prepare, bring about. See {Comfit}, {Fact}.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
--Spenser.
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
I honestly love Asserrate
Asseverate \As*sev"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asseverated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Asseverating}.] [L. asseveratus, p. p. of
asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus.
See {Severe}.]
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Syn: To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See {Affirm}.
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