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Showing words for PERSECUTE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Persecute

persecute

8 Letter Words for Persecute

putresce

7 Letter Words for Persecute

estrepe, euterpe, pertuse, precuts, recepts, reputes, respect, resteep, scepter, secrete, specter, steeper

6 Letter Words for Persecute

cepter, cereus, certes, ceruse, cesure, creeps, creese, crepes, cruets, cruset, curets, erects, eructs, erupts, espece, esture, pectus, peeces, perces, persue, peruse, pester, peters, petres, precut, presee, preset, pucest, purees, purest, purset, recept, rectus, recuse, recuts, repute, rescue, resect, respue, restep, retuse, rupees, screet, secret, secure, speece, spruce, streep, suerte, tepees, terces, tereus, truces, uprest, uptree

5 Letter Words for Persecute

cepes, ceres, certs, ceste, cetes, cetus, creep, crepe, crept, crest, crete, crues, cruet, cruse, crust, cures, curet, curse, cuter, cutes, ecrus, epees, epeus, erect, erept, eruct, erupt, esere, espec, ester, estre, eucre, peece, peers, peert, perce, peres, perse, perst, perts, peste, peter, petre, prees, pucer, puces, puers, puree, purse, recpt, recut, reese, reest, resee, reset, resue, resup, retes, reuse, rupee, scree, scute, secre, serut, setup, spece, spect, speer, spete, spree, spret, sprue, spurt, spute, steep, steer, stere, strep, strue, stupe, sture, sucre, super, teers, tepee, terce, tereu, terse, trees, truce, trues, tsere, turps, turse, upsee, upset, uster, utees

4 Letter Words for Persecute

cees, cepe, ceps, cere, cert, cest, cete, cpus, cres, crpe, crts, crue, crup, crus, crut, cues, cups, cure, curs, curt, cusp, cust, cute, cuts, ecru, ecus, epee, eres, erse, erst, eruc, eure, pecs, peer, pees, pere, pers, pert, peru, pest, pete, pets, prec, pree, pres, pret, prut, psec, puce, puer, pure, purs, puts, rcpt, recs, rect, rees, reet, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, rucs, rues, ruse, rust, ruts, scet, scup, scur, scut, sect, seep, seer, sept, sere, sert, spec, spet, spue, spur, sput, step, ster, stre, stue, suer, suet, supe, supr, supt, sure, teer, tees, tepe, terp, tree, tres, true, tues, tups, turp, ures, urps, usee, user, utes

3 Letter Words for Persecute

cee, cep, cer, cpr, cps, cpt, cpu, crs, crt, cru, csp, cst, cte, ctr, cts, cue, cup, cur, cut, ect, ecu, eec, eer, ere, ers, ert, esc, ese, esp, esr, est, esu, etc, pct, pec, pee, per, pes, pet, prc, pre, prs, pst, pte, pts, pur, pus, put, rct, rec, ree, rep, res, rps, rpt, rte, ruc, rue, rut, scr, sct, sec, see, sep, ser, set, spt, str, sue, sup, sur, tcp, tec, tee, ter, tes, tps, trp, trs, tsp, tue, tup, tur, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, ust, utc, ute, uts

Definitions for Persecute

[1] to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
[2] to annoy or trouble persistently.
[3] to oppress, harass, or maltreat, esp because of race, religion, etc
[4] to bother persistently

Words related to Persecute

torture, expel, pursue, injure, maltreat, harass, outrage, molest, hound, oppress, victimize, crucify, bait, distress, afflict, exile, martyr, worry, badger, hector

Words nearby Persecute

perrysburg, pers, pers., persalt, perse, persecute, persecution, persecution complex, persecutory, perseid, perseity

Origin of Persecute

1400–50; late Middle English; back formation from persecutour persecutor ≪ Late Latin persecūtor orig. prosecutor, equivalent to persecū-, variant stem of persequī to prosecute, pursue closely (see per-, sequence) + -tor -tor

Words that may be confused with Persecute

persecute, prosecute

Other words from Persecute

per·se·cut·ing·ly , adverb
per·se·cu·tive , adjective
per·se·cu·tive·ness , noun
per·se·cu·tor , noun
per·se·cu·to·ry [pur -si-kyoo-tuh -ree, -kyuh -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈpɜr sɪˌkyu tə ri, -kyəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ , adjective
non·per·se·cut·ing , adjective
non·per·se·cu·tive , adjective
non·per·se·cu·to·ry , adjective
o·ver·per·se·cute , verb (used with object), o·ver·per·se·cut·ed, o·ver·per·se·cut·ing.
un·per·se·cut·ed , adjective
un·per·se·cut·ing , adjective
un·per·se·cu·tive , adjective

Word origin for Persecute

C15: from Old French persecuter, back formation from persecuteur, from Late Latin persecūtor pursuer, from persequī to take vengeance upon

Synonyms for Persecute

expel, harass, hound, injure, maltreat, molest, oppress, outrage, pick on, pursue, torture, victimize, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, beat, bother, crucify, distress, dog, dragoon, exile, hector, hunt, ill-treat, martyr, pester, plague, tease, tyrannize, vex, worry, be on one's case, drive up the wall