Smite

Definition: Smite

Smite

Verb

1. Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.

2. Affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl".

3. Cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "smite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonym: Smite

Excitation

Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.

Inexpedience

Maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite; (scourge); do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.

Pain

Maltreat, bite, snap at, assail; smite; (punish).

Punishment

Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye.

Crosswords: Smite

Don't you know I'll smite you in the sconce with this truncheon (The Golf Specialist; writing credit: David Belasco; Waldemar Young)

Once again, I am free to smite the world as I did in days long past (Samurai Jack; writing credit: Paul Waite)

May the Lord smite me with it (Fiddler on the Roof; writing credit: Sholom Aleichem; Joseph Stein)

The Smite of Conscience (1917)

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Woe to him whom it sweeps away, as well as to him whom it comes to smite! It breaks them one against the other

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Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "smite": smite hip and thigh ♦ smite the enemy ♦ smite upon ♦ To smite hip and thigh ♦ To smite off ♦ To smite out ♦ To smite with the tongue. Additional references.

Albanian

shkatërroj (bash up, blow away, break to pieces, bust up, cast down, consume, crock, dash, decimate, defeat, demolish, depauperate, depredate, destroy, do for, do in, eat, erode, explode, flatten, gut, kill, level, rase, ravage, raze, rout, ruin, shake down, shatter, sink, smash, subvert, take away, tear to pieces, throw down, trample down, unbuild, vandalize, wreck, zap), qëlloj (batter, clip, clout, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, get, hammer, hit, impinge, knock, lay out, paddle, poke, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slap, slug, strike, switch), pushtoj (carry, conquer, creep over, enfold, engross, envelop, fold, hog, invade, jump, obsess, overcome, overreach, overrun, overtake, overwhelm, pervade, possess, reach, reduce, reign, rush back, seize, straddle, sweep, take, take a fancy to, take possession of), godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, deal, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), godas fort (affect, bang, smash, thump), godas (affect, astonish smb., bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, defeat, drop, hit, impinge, knock, pound, stab, strike, whack), asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fast, finish, finish off, frustrate, liquidate, overturn, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, stultify, trample down, unbuild, undo, unmake, uproot). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتن (bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, enthral, enthrall, enthralling, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamour, infatuate, love, magnetize, mesmerize, ravish, rejoice, seduce, spellbind, tempt, thrill, witch), ‏سحر (attractiveness, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchment, catch, charm, conjure, diablerie, enamor, enamour, enchantment, fascinate, fascination, glamor, glamour, incantation, infatuation, loveliness, magic, magnetize, matinee, mesmerize, necromancy, overlook, pleasantness, prestige, quaintness, ravishment, relish, sorcery, spell, spellbind, temptation, weirdness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, wiz, wizardry, zest), ‏سدد ضربة (inflict, plant), ‏عذب (agonize, agreeable, bedevil, benign, charming, chasten, crucify, devil, dulcet, freshen, grilled, harrow, harry, hearty, leisurely, liquid, murder, palmy, persecute, pillory, plague, quiet, rack, rack one's brains, scourge, silken, silky, sleek, smooth, smooth spoken, soft, suave, sweet, sympathetic, tantalize, tease, tender, torment, torture, wrench, wring), ‏ضرب بعنف (bang, bash, baste, lambaste, maul, slam, swat, swipe, thump, whack, whale), ‏أصاب بآفة, ‏آذى أذيا شديدا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, strike, strike in, thunder, wallop, zap), наказвам (amerce, castigate, chasten, correct, discipline, pay out, penalize, punish, sort out), блъскам (beat, bump up against, dash, hammer, hustle, jostle, knock, moil, pound, press, push, ram, shove, slam, squash, strike, thump), поразявам (amaze, astound, attaint, defeat, destroy, dismay, flabbergast, impress, overwhelm, plague, stare, strike down, wow), измъчвам (afflict, agonize, ail, anguish, crucify, excruciate, fester, harass, lacerate, martyr, martyrize, play up, prey, push, rack, rankle, ride, scourge, torture, try, victimize, weigh on). (various references)

Chinese 

重击 (Smiting, smitten, Smote, swipe, thump, Whack, Whacked, Whacking). (various references)

Czech

znièit (annihilate, blast, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, do for, do in, eat up, expunge, infringe, Mar, overthrow, overturn, ruin, spoil, take out, wreck), prudce udeřit (whack), potrestat (discipline, penalize, punish), porazit (bear down, beat, best, butcher, chop down, conquer, cut down, defeat, fell, hack down, hew, hew down, kill, knock down, overthrow, overturn, run down, stick, strike down, stump, tumble, vanquish). (various references)

Farsi 

کوبیدن (Beat, Bruise, Grind, Hammer, Knock, Mallet, Nail, Pash, Pound, Ram, Stave, Stub, Thrash, Thresh), کشتن (Administer, Amortize, Butcher, Dispatch, Doin, Extinguish, Mortify, Murder, Out, Rat), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack), ذلیل کردن (Oppress), خردکردن (Break, Comminute, Crash, Cutdown, Disintegrate, Fragment, Grind, Hack, Hash, Impinge, Infract, Joint, Mangle, Mash, Maul, Mince, Pestle, Shatter, Shiver, Smash, Squelch), شکستن (Break, Chop, Cleave, Crackle, Disobey, Fraction, Fracture, Infract, Infraction, Nick, Refract, Shatter, Stave, Violate), شکست دادن (Defeat, Drub, Floor, Outdo, Skunk, Smash, Trounce, Vanquish, Worst). (various references)

French

tourmenter, infester, frapper d'un grand coup, enchanter, donner un coup dur, déchirer, châtier. (various references)

German

befallen (affect, affected, assail, assault, attack, attaint, befall, beset, diseased, grip, infest, infested, overcome, seize, seized with, strike). (various references)

Greek 

κατατροπώνω (circumvent, confound, smear), κτυπώ (bang, buffet, bump, clack, clobber, clout, cudgel, hit, impinge, knock, larrup, maul, rap, shroud, slat, strike, swat, thrash), πλήσσω, χτυπώ (beat, beat up, beaten, chime, clank, clap, clink, clip, clobber, hit, hurt, jangle, knock, punish, slosh, spank, strike, strike down, swat, thrash, thump). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחץ (bruise, steam roller, wound), למחוץ (bruise, crumple, crush, mangle, maul, overwhelm, squash, wound), ליסר (afflict, chasten, scourge, torment), ל�"לום (batter, buffet, daze, pound, sock, strike), ל�"כות (affict, beat, defeat, flap, hit, hurt, kill, knock, plaque, strike, stroke, swipe, wound), ל� �'וף (afflict with plague, defeat, hurt, strike), ל� �'וע (touch), ל� �'ע (afflict with leprosy, infect). (various references)

Hungarian

rásújt (smitten, smote, to smite), lecsap (bear down, pounce, to converge, to pounce, to precipitate, to souse, to swoop, to visit). (various references)

Indonesian

menghantam (pummel, punch), memukul (belabor), cinta mencintai. (various references)

Italian

punire (castigate, chasten, discipline, penalize, punish), colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, bump, catch, clout, damage, dazzle, hit, jab, knock, Lam, pelt, poke, pound, punch, rap, run across, shock, shoot, slap, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack). (various references)

Korean 

강타 (bang, Bangs, bash, Bashing, Clout, Smiting, swat, swipe, Swiping, thump). (various references)

Manx

bwoalley sheese (beat down, hammer down, smite down). (various references)

Pig Latin

itesmay.(various references)

Portuguese

punir (amerce, bluff, castigate, chasten, chastise, discipline, flog, inflict, pull about, punish, sentence, visit), embater, desbaratar (disarray, hammer, repulse, rout), derrotar completamente (whack), castigar (amerce, beat, birch, castigate, chasten, cob, discipline, flog, inflict, penance, pull about, punish, swinge, thrash, visit, whack, whip), bater forte (slog), bater em (hit, maul, paste, strike, swinge, thump), atingir (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, catch, culminate, gain, get, get around, get hold of, hit, import, measure up to, overtake, reach, run, run across, run to, strike, touch), afetar (affect, concern, feign, have an affect on, infect, touch). (various references)

Romanian

lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, seize, shock, slam, slap, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), izbi (bash, clash, hit, jar, lash, seize, smash, strike, thrust), fermeca (allure, bedevil, bewitch, captivate, carry, cast a spell upon, charm, conjure, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, enravish, enthral, entrance, fascinate, fetch, lure, spell, spellbind, take), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), încânta (bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, delude, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, get over, glamor, glamour, gratify, imparadise, ravish, seduce). (various references)

Russian 

сразить (cut down), убивать (assassinate, assassinating, do in, do to death, kill, liquidate, murder, put death, slain, slay), наносить удар (administer a shock, deal a blow, deliver, draw blood, lunge, strike a blow), поражать (affect, afflict, astound, confound, flabbergast, invade, shock, smote, strike). (various references)

Scottish

buail (strike, thrash). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

spopasti (come over, seize), obuzeti (come over, consume, engross, grip, obsess, overcome, possess, preoccupy, prepossess), lupiti (bang, bump, hit, rap), jako udariti (slug). (various references)

Spanish

herir (bruise, cripple, cut up, hit, hurt, injure, lacerate, offend, Pierce, pinch, pique, scorch, scotch, shoot, spite, strike, touch, wound), golpear con violencia, golpear (bang, bat, beat, beat up on, beetle, bop, buffet, bump, clip, clobber, club, drive, flail, hit, jab, kick, knock, lash, punch, rap, rattle, slam, slap, slice, slog, smash, strike, tee off, thrash, thump, wallop, whack), doler mucho (begrudge, distress), castigar (afflict, bring to book, castigate, chasten, chastise, corner, let down, penalize, punish, visit). (various references)

Swedish

slå (bang, bash, beat, bolt, buffet, cap, capture, cast, catch, crossbar, dash, defeat, dial, drive, flap, hit, hurt smb., hurtle, impinge, knock, lay, lick, mow, palpitate, pour, punch, ram, sit, slam, slap, slat, smash, strike, stroke, tack, throw, trounce, warble, whang, whip), träffa (catch, fall in with, get, hit, hit off, make, meet, see, strike), drabba (affect, beat, come to, hit, strike). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้เจ็บแปลบ. (various references)

Turkish

yakalanmak (attack, attaint, be smitten with, be taken with, become infected, catch, catch an infection, incur), vurulmak (be struck on smb., be stuck on, stop a bullet), tutulmak (attack, attaint, be at a premium, be enamored of, be enamoured of, be held, be in a request, be smitten with, be stuck, be stuck on, be taken, be taken with, catch on, come in, come up, drop, go into, have a crush on smb., incur, indulge, make a hit, stiffen), etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, catch up, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamor, glamour, grip, impinge, impress, imprint, influence, inthral, lead, militate, operate, prepossess, reach, spell, spellbind, sway, thrill, touch, turn, turn smb.'s head), cezasını vermek (recompense). (various references)

Ukrainian

убити (bump off, corpse, out), ударятися (strike, thump), ударяти (beat, bump, bunt, bust, dab, hit, knock, strike), удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, kick, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, shot, spat, stab, strike, stroke, tick, tilt, wap). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cố gắng (attempt, draw, drawn, drew, effort, endeavour, smitten, smote, trouble). (various references)

Welsh

taro (beat, hit, hot, knock, stick, strike, suit, tap). (various references)

3. dun. (various references)

caedam, caedant, caedat, caede, caedebant, caedebat, caedemus, caedendos, caedens, caedent, caedente, caedentem, caedentes, caedentibus, caedere, caederent, caederentur, caedes, caedet, caedetur, caedi, caedimur, caedis, caedite, caeditur, caesa, caesi, caesis, caesorum, caesos, caesum, caesuri, caesus, ceciderant, ceciderat, ceciderint, ceciderit, cecideritque, ceciderunt, cecideruntque, cecidi, cecidimus, cecidisse, cecidissent, cecidisset, cecidisti, cecidit, ceciditque, contigerat, contigerit, contigerunt, contigisse, contigisset, contigit, contingat, contingatis, contingebant, contingebat, contingent, contingere, continget, contingetis, contingi, contingit, contingunt, icamian, ictu, ictum, ictus, supercecidit, treicientes. (various references)

parshta. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "smite": smiter, smiters, smites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Smite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esmati, saite, Samhita, scite, seite, semit, shite, shitey, shmatte, simt, Simtek, sitte, skite, smeet, smi, smid, smiet, smife, smiiten, smine, smited, smitek, smiten, smitty, smive, smythe, snute, soite, somit, somity, srite, stite, swite, Szita. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: emits, items, metis, mites, stime, times.

-1 letter: emit, item, mise, mist, mite, semi, site, smit, stem, ties, time.

-2 letters: ems, ism, its, met, mis, sei, set, sim, sit, tie, tis.

-3 letters: em, es, et, is, it, me, mi, si, ti.

+1 letter: bemist, demits, kismet, merits, misate, miseat, mismet, misset, misted, mister, miters, mitres, remits, samite, smiter, smites, somite, stimes, stymie, theism, timers, tmesis.

+2 letters: amities, amosite, atheism, atomies, atomise, bemists, betimes, chemist, diastem, dimmest, distome, egotism, elitism, elmiest, emetics, emetins, empties, emptins, erotism, etamins, etatism, exotism, filmset, firmest, fomites, fumiest, gamiest, gimlets, hermits, homiest, imarets, impaste, impetus, imprest, imputes, inmates, itemise, jimpest, kismets, leftism, limiest, limites, limpest, limpets, maestri, maziest, mesquit, mestino, mestiza, mestizo, metiers, metisse, metrics, metrist, midgets, mildest, millets, milters, mindset, minster, minters, minuets, minutes, miriest, mirkest, miscite, misdate, miseats, misedit, miskept, mismate, mismeet, misrate, misseat, missent, missets, misstep, mistake, mistend, misterm, misters, misteuk, mistier, mistime, mistune, mistype, mithers, mitiest, mitises, mitoses, mittens, modiste, moisten, moister, mopiest, mortise, motiles, motives, mustier, mutines, optimes, pastime, permits, pietism, reemits, remints, retimes, retrims, rimiest, samites, sematic, semifit, semimat, sentimo, septime, sigmate, smartie, smectic, smiters, smitten, somites, stimied, stimies, stymied, stymies, subitem, tameins, tamises, tammies, tediums, theisms, timbers, timbres, timeous, tommies, trimers, triseme, trisome, tsimmes, tummies, tzimmes, uptimes.