adj
Meaning 1
Assailing; attacking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Assailing; attacking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: attacker
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noun
A hostile critic or opponent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
someone who attacks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: attacker, aggressor, assaulter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: ambusher, avenger, retaliator, beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat, bludgeoner, bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo, harasser, harrier, iconoclast, marauder, predator, vulture, piranha, night rider, nightrider, raper, rapist, shedder, spiller, slasher, stabber, stoner, lapidator
History
From Old French assaillant, from the verb assaillir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“to, towards”) + salīre (“to jump”). Equivalent to assail + -ant.
Across languages
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.