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Antonyms for pelted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pelt
Phonetic Transcription : pɛlt

Definition of pelted

Origin :
  • "to strike" (with something), c.1500, of unknown origin; perhaps from early 13c. pelten "to strike," variant of pilten "to thrust, strike," from an unrecorded Old English *pyltan, from Medieval Latin *pultiare, from Latin pultare "to beat, knock, strike." Or from Old French peloter "to strike with a ball," from pelote "ball" (see pellet (n.)) [Klein]. Watkins says the source is Latin pellere "to push, drive, strike." Related: Pelted; pelting.
  • verb beat; throw hard
Example sentences :
  • One of our chaps, taking in a load of wounded, was chased and pelted the other day.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The Poets who embrace and admire the people are often pelted with stones and crucified.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Adelaide and Courvoisier, it seemed, might almost be pelted with the same stones.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Two of the persons who went to fetch them were well thrashed and pelted with stones.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • Then we pelted her with sunshine, and caressed her with shade, and then she was happiest of all.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • So that, apart from other missiles, our shaven heads were sure to be pelted with jeers.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • We panted as we pelted on, parched and weary, faint and footsore.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Mobs had jeered at her and often pelted her with rotten eggs.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • If they were ever heard of it was that they had been pelted in a riot.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Mas'r and Tom pelted the poor drowning creature with stones.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Synonyms for pelted

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