commination
commination is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- abusive
- anathema
- aspersion
- bad
- ban
- bark
- big
- billingsgate
- bite
- bluster
- bully
- clinch
- comminatory
- curse
- defiance
- defiant
- defy
- denunciation
- disapprobation
- disparagement
- double
- evil
- excommunication
- execration
- fist
- foul
- fulminate
- fulmination
- gathering
- gnarl
- growl
- hold
- imprecation
- intimidate
- intimidation
- invective
- keep
- language
- look
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is commination.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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