All bang up synonyms
bang up
B b verb bang up
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- violate β to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- maltreat β to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- corrupt β Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- persecute β to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- mistreat β to treat badly or abusively.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- molest β to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- beat up β If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
- victimize β to make a victim of.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- blacken β To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
- wound β the act of winding.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- cripple β A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- tarnish β to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- contaminate β If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
- maim β to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- infect β to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- undermine β to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- smash β to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- tear β the act of tearing.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- mangle β to smooth or press with a mangle.
- scorch β to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- defile β To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
- roughhouse β rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- mishandle β to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- pollute β to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- ill-treat β to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- damage β To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- mar β to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- taint β the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
- hose β a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- desecrate β If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- spoil β to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- wax β a fit of anger; rage.
- deprave β Something that depraves someone makes them morally bad or evil.
adj bang up
- marvelous β superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- outstanding β prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- superb β admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.