Synonyms

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2. assail, revile, blackguard, vituperate, abuse, belabor, lash, rail against, inveigh against; attack, light into, Inf. sail into, Inf. tear into, Inf. rip into, Inf. lace into, Inf. jump down [s.o.'s] throat, Archaic, clapperclaw.
3. vilify, traduce, asperse, calumniate, impugn, slur, malign, defame, denigrate, slander, libel, backbite, bespatter; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, depreciate, deprecate, belittle, minimize, run or put down, Inf. knock; pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, cut up, shred, give a bad name, Sl. badmouth, speak ill of, speak evil of; gibbet, scorn, hold up to scorn, deride, ridicule, scoff or jeer at, sneer at, mock, lampoon, pasquinade, make fun of.

bereave, v. deprive, dispossess, divest, rob, strip, despoil.

bereavement, n. 1. loss, dispossession, deprivation, privation, want; adversity, misfortune, hardship, trial, tribulation, trouble.
2. sorrow, grief, sadness, woe, mourning; anguish, travail, distress, heartache, misery.

berserk, adj. frenzied, mad, insane, maniacal, hysterical, frenetic; ranting, raving, storming, foaming at the mouth; enraged, raging, violent, fierce; out of one's head or mind; uncontrollable, unrestrainable.

berth, n. 1. bed, bunk, billet, cot, pallet, Sl. the sack, Sl. the hay, Brit. Sl. kip, Brit. Sl. doss.
2. Nautical, anchorage, moorage, quayage; dock, dry dock, floating dock, graving dock, wharf, pier, landing pier, jetty, mole, quay, Hist, levee, landing space or place; harbor, port, haven.
3. Chiefly British, job, employment, living; post, position, place, situation, office, capacity; appointment, commission, charge, assignment.
-v.4. Nautical, moor, dock, land, warp, snub, tie up; anchor, drop anchor, cast anchor, lay anchor.

beseech, v. implore, entreat, obsecrate, importune, beg, plead, Brit. Inf. prig; appeal to, conjure, call upon; supplicate, pray, invoke, obtest, adjure; petition, Rare, sue, solicit, ask for, apply for, seek; urge, press, insist, demand.

beseem, v. befit, suit, become, accord with, match; be suitable, be appropriate, be fitting, be meet; behoove, be proper, be due, be right, be correct.

beset, v. 1. assail, harass, attack; badger, bother, pester, hector, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle; hound, nag, dog, Sl. ride; bait, provoke, vex, Sl. needle; torment, bedevil, plague; tease, taunt, tweak.
2. surround, encompass, circumscribe; environ, ring, encircle, circle, begird, girdle, engird; besiege, siege, invest; enclose, ensphere, contain, corral, fence, picket, pen, box in, shut in.
3. stud, bestud, spangle, bead, embroider; deck, bedeck, array; decorate, ornament, embellish.

beside, prep. 1. next to, by or at the side of, Dial. aside of, by, with, at one's elbow; alongside, side by side, abreast, cheek by jowl, next door to, adjacent to, in juxtaposition with; near to, close to, Brit. Dial. near-hand, close at hand to, nearby, close by; but a step from, on the edge of, bordering upon.
2. compared with, contrasted with, next to, in comparison with, in contrast with, against.
3. apart from, not connected with, not related to, irrelevant to, not relevant to, not applicable to, not pertinent to; off the point, off the subject.
4. besides, over and above, in addition to. See - besides (def. 3).

besides, adv. 1. moreover, furthermore, further, in addition, additionally; also, too, likewise, still, yet, again; together with, along with, in conjunction with, conjointly; on top of everything else, to boot, into the bargain, as well; not counting, not to mention, not to speak of, to say nothing of.