HOME THRUST

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HOME THRUST

Definition: HOME THRUST

HOME THRUST

1. A well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: HOME THRUST

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attack	Cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust; coupe de bec; kick, punch; (impulse).
Disapprobation	Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: HOME THRUST

Language		Translations for "HOME THRUST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		jól jövõ szúrás. (various references)

Pig Latin		omehay ustthray

Romanian		loviturã care nimereşte în plin, loviturã care doare. (various references)

Russian		удачный ответ. (various references)

Vietnamese		cú đánh trúng câu trả lời trúng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HOME THRUST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-h-m-o-r-s-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: mouthers.
	-3 letters: mothers, mouther, mutters, oestrum, outsert, shouter, shutter, smother, souther, stouter, thermos, touters.
	-4 letters: estrum, homers, horste, hotter, houser, humors, metros, mohurs, mosher, motets, mother, mottes, mouser, mouths, musher, muster, mutest, mutter, others, otters, ouster, outers, outset, reshot, rheums, rottes, routes, rouths, setout, souter, stoure, therms, thresh, throes, thrums, thrush, thrust, tortes.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-h-m-o-r-s-t-t-u"
	+3 letters: merrythoughts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography

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