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Antonyms for defrocked
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : dee-frok |
| Phonetic Transcription : diˈfrɒk |
Definition of defrocked
Origin :- 1580s, from French défroquer (15c.), from de- (see de-) + froque "frock" (see frock). Related: Defrocked.
- As in disgraced : adj discredited
- As in punished : adj disciplined
- As in punish : verb penalize for wrongdoing
- As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
- As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
- In 1883, in Savoy, the oil of which I have spoken was prepared in a group of defrocked abbés.
- Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
Synonyms for defrocked
- abject
- abuse
- attend to
- ax
- batter
- beat
- beat up
- birched
- blacklist
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- can
- cashier
- castigate
- castigated
- chasten
- chastened
- chastise
- chastised
- confined
- correct
- corrected
- crack down on
- cuff
- debar
- debarred
- defrock
- defrocked
- degraded
- demoted
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- discharge
- discharged
- discipline
- disemploy
- disfrock
- dishonored
- dismiss
- dismissed
- displace
- disqualify
- do in
- down and out
- downtrodden
- drop
- execute
- executed
- exile
- exiled
- expel
- expelled
- fine
- fire
- flog
- flogged
- furlough
- give a going over
- give notice to
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give the works
- give walking papers
- give warning
- grounded
- harm
- humiliated
- hurt
- immure
- immured
- impeach
- imprisoned
- in disgrace
- incarcerate
- incarcerated
- injure
- kick out
- knock about
- lash
- lay off
- lecture
- lectured
- let go
- let out
- maltreat
- misuse
- mocked
- oppress
- oust
- paddle
- penalized
- pension
- pink-slip
- put away
- rap knuckles
- recall
- release
- reprove
- reproved
- retire
- rough up
- sack
- scolded
- scourge
- send packing
- sentence
- sentenced
- shamed
- shelve
- show someone the door
- shut out
- slap wrist
- spank
- spanked
- suspend
- switch
- switched
- tarred and feathered
- teach a lesson
- terminate
- throw the book at
- train
- turn away
- unfrock
- unseat
- wash out
- whip
- whipped
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