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- pronunciation:
- puhr
s
kyut
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
persecutes, persecuting, persecuted |
| definition 1: |
to subject (esp. those belonging to a different political, religious, or racial group) to persistent harassment, punishment, or ill-treatment.
Among those persecuted by the Nazis were Jews, Romanies, Poles, and political opponents, as well as people with disabilities.- synonyms:
- harass, oppress
- similar words:
- abuse, crucify, discriminate against, dragoon, hector, maltreat, mistreat, outrage, tyrannize, victimize
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| definition 2: |
to annoy or bother persistently; pester.
The bullies persecuted the new boy.- synonyms:
- annoy, badger, bother, harass, harry, hassle, pester, plague, torment
- similar words:
- aggravate, exasperate, hound, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, provoke, pursue, trouble, vex
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| related words: |
martyr, misuse, molest, torture, wrong |
adverb + (v.)persecute
actively, historically, mercilessly, politically, systematically, unfairly, unjustly
(v.)persecute
+ adverb
everywhere, relentlessly, viciously
(v.)persecute
+ noun
belief, church, follower, gay, homosexual, minority, opposition, prophet, race, religion, ruler, sect, witch
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| derivations: |
persecutive (adj.), persecutory (adj.), persecutor (n.) |
The word persecute
contains the following parts:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
sequi, secut, seque
Latin
root
that means to follow
Example words:
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