scourged
Meanings
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To subject (a person or thing) to harsh or severe treatment, especially with a whip or other instrument.
- "He was scourged before his trial."
- "The slaves were scourged for disobedience."
- "The penitent sinner was scourged as a sign of his repentance."
Rhymes
Words rhyming with scourgedscourged , disengaged , engaged , engage , involved , separate , separated , unengaged
Variants
List of all variants of scourged that leads to same resultscourge , scourged , scourger , scourgers , scourges , scourging
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.Old French escorger, from escorce 'rind, bark', from Latin exscoriri, from ex- 'out' + scoriri 'to strip the bark off'.
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