Found 3 hits - Term: deflower, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deflower \deflow"er\, v. t. previously also spelled
deflour. imp. p. p. deflowered; p. pr. vb. n.
deflowering. f. d'eflorer, ll. deflorare; l. de- +
flos, floris, flower. see flower, and cf. deflorate.
1. to deprive of flowers.
1913 webster
an earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. --w.
montagu.
1913 webster
2. to take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the
choicest ornament.
1913 webster
3. to deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to
ravish; also, to seduce.
1913 webster
if a man had deflowered a virgin. --milton.
1913 webster
see also:
deflour deflowered deflowering flower deflorate
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
deflower
v 1: deprive of virginity; "this dirty old man deflowered several
young girls in the village" syn: ruin
2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" syn: mar, impair,
spoil, vitiate
see also:
ruin mar impair spoil vitiate
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
58 moby thesaurus words for "deflower":
abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, betray, canker,
cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch,
deceive, defile, deflorate, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave,
depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devalue, devastate,
devirginate, devour, distort, force, harry, havoc, infect,
lead astray, mislead, misuse, outrage, pervert, poison, pollute,
possess sexually, prostitute, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce,
soil, spoil, sully, taint, take, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate,
vulgarize, warp
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