deplume

deplume
Synonyms and related words:
abase, bleed, bleed white, boot, bounce, break, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, cashier, cast reproach upon, debase, defrock, degrade, demote, denude, depose, deprive, despoil, disbar, discharge, discredit, disemploy, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, dismiss, displace, displume, divest, downgrade, drain, drum out, dry, exhaust, expel, fire, flay, fleece, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humble, humiliate, impoverish, impute shame to, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, lower, make redundant, milk, pension off, pick clean, pillory, pluck, put to shame, read out of, reduce, reflect discredit upon, release, remove, replace, reproach, retire, sack, separate forcibly, shame, shear, skin, strip, strip bare, strip of rank, suck dry, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unfrock

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • déplumé — déplumé, ée [ deplyme ] adj. • de déplumer 1 ♦ Qui a perdu des plumes, ses plumes. 2 ♦ (fin XVIe) Fam. Qui perd ses cheveux. Crâne déplumé. ⇒ chauve. « Un homme entre deux âges, grisonnant et déplumé » (A. Daudet). ⇒DÉPLUMÉ, ÉE, part. passé et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • déplumé — déplumé, ée (dé plu mé, mée) part. passé. Le geai déplumé et chassé par les autres geais.    Avoir l air déplumé, se dit de quelqu un qui, ayant eu l extérieur de l opulence, a aujourd hui celui de la misère …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Deplume — De*plume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depluming}.] [LL. deplumare; L. de + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d[ e]plumer.] 1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deplume — index despoil, plunder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • déplumé — DÉPLUMÉ, ÉE. adject. À qui les plumes sont tombées, ou bien à qui on les a ôtées …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • deplume — [dē plo͞om′] vt. deplumed, depluming [ME deplumen < ML deplumare: see DE & PLUME] 1. to pull or pluck the feathers from 2. to strip of honor, riches, etc. deplumation n …   English World dictionary

  • deplume — deplumation, n. /dee ploohm /, v.t., deplumed, depluming. 1. to deprive of feathers; pluck. 2. to strip of honor, wealth, etc. [1375 1425; late ME deplumen < ML deplumare, equiv. to L de DE + plum(a) feather (see PLUME) + are inf. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

  • deplume — v. pluck, strip of feathers; take away honors or wealth …   English contemporary dictionary

  • deplume — verb remove feathers from (a bird) …   English new terms dictionary

  • deplume — de·plume …   English syllables

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