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Definitions for Assail

[1] to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
[2] to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one's opponent with slander.
[3] to undertake with the purpose of mastering: He assailed his studies with new determination.
[4] to impinge upon; make an impact on; beset: His mind was assailed by conflicting arguments. The light assailed their eyes.
[5] to attack violently; assault
[6] to criticize or ridicule vehemently, as in argument
[7] to beset or disturb his mind was assailed by doubts
[8] to encounter with the intention of mastering to assail a problem ; to assail a difficult mountain ridge

Words related to Assail

impugn, blast, revile, trash, berate, criticize, lambaste, vilify, bash, blister, malign, charge, bust, beset, assault, abuse, maltreat, molest, invade, encounter

Words nearby Assail

ass., assad, assad, hafez al-, assagai, assai, assail, assailant, assam, assam states, assamese, assassin

Origin of Assail

1175–1225; Middle English asaylen < Old French asalir < Late Latin assalīre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + salīre to leap, spring

Other words from Assail

as·sail·a·ble , adjective
as·sail·a·ble·ness , noun
as·sail·er , noun
as·sail·ment , noun
un·as·sailed , adjective
un·as·sail·ing , adjective

Word origin for Assail

C13: from Old French asalir, from Vulgar Latin assalīre (unattested) to leap upon, from Latin assilīre, from salīre to leap

Synonyms for Assail

bash, berate, blast, criticize, impugn, lambaste, revile, trash, vilify, abuse, assault, beset, blister, bust, charge, encounter, invade, malign, maltreat, molest, come at, have at, lay into, set upon, work over