Definition of Comminate

1. Verb. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment. "Sam and Sue comminate the movie "


Definition of Comminate

1. Verb. To denounce or curse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comminate

commeres
commerge
commerged
commerges
commers
commeth
commie
commie poker
commies
commigrate
commigrated
commigrates
commigrating
commigration
commigrations
comminate (current term)
comminated
comminates
comminating
commination
comminations
comminatory
comming
commingle
commingled
comminglement
comminglements
commingler
comminglers
commingles

Literary usage of Comminate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to the aspect of the sky: lower or lour. threaten, vt 1. menace, threat (archaic), comminate (rare); spec, denounce (rare), warn. 2. ..."

2. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury (1890)
"Some of my friends jeer or comminate at Mr. Howells; for my part I only shudder and echo the celebrated " There, but for the grace of God. ..."

3. Journal of Henry Cockburn: Being a Continuation of the Memorials of His Time by Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1874)
"... and though no one liked less to be thwarted or could comminate better, it was • "Memorials," first portion, published in 1856, pp. ..."

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