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smite
[ smahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon:
She smote him on the back with her umbrella.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to deliver or deal (a blow, hit, etc.) by striking hard.
- to strike down, injure, or slay:
His sword had smitten thousands.
- to afflict or attack with deadly or disastrous effect:
smitten by polio.
- to affect mentally or morally with a sudden pang:
His conscience smote him.
- to affect suddenly and strongly with a specified feeling:
They were smitten with terror.
- to impress favorably; charm; enamor:
He was smitten by her charms.
verb (used without object)
- to strike; deal a blow.
smite
/ ²õ³¾²¹Éª³Ù /
verb
- to strike with a heavy blow or blows
- to damage with or as if with blows
- to afflict or affect severely
smitten with flu
- to afflict in order to punish
- intrfoll byon to strike forcibly or abruptly
the sun smote down on him
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³¾¾±³Ù±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³¾¾±³Ùİù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smite1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smite1
Idioms and Phrases
- smite hip and thigh. hip 1( def 9 ).
Example Sentences
And when she tells him her story has touched his heart, it’s almost like she is smitten.
She got a ticket to London from a smitten suitor, bringing her grandmother along.
For 24 years, viewers worldwide have been smitten with the lovably neurotic, hopeless romantic Bridget Jones.
Given there wasn't much difference in terms of sixes hit - Australia smiting 17 to England's 12 - it's that ability to turn over the strike and keep the scoreboard ticking which the hosts excelled in.
When she smiled at him, utterly smitten, all the men in the room would swoon with envy.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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