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Showing words for SCARIFY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Scarify

sacrify, scarify

6 Letter Words for Scarify

acrisy, ficary, frisca, scarfy, syriac

5 Letter Words for Scarify

acris, ascry, crays, fairs, fairy, farci, farcy, farsi, fasci, fiars, firca, frays, frisa, sacry, sairy, sarif, scarf, scary, scray, sifac, syria

4 Letter Words for Scarify

airs, airy, arcs, arfs, aris, asci, cair, carf, cars, cays, cira, cray, cris, facy, fair, fars, fasc, fays, fiar, fica, firs, firy, fisc, fras, fray, fris, iyar, racy, rais, rays, rias, ricy, rifs, risc, ryas, saic, sair, sari, scar, scry, srac, yair

3 Letter Words for Scarify

acy, air, ais, arc, arf, ars, ary, ayr, ays, caf, cai, car, cay, cfi, cfs, cia, cif, cir, cis, crs, cry, csi, fac, far, fas, fay, fcs, fcy, fir, fra, fri, frs, fry, fys, icy, ifc, ifs, ira, irs, raf, rai, ras, ray, rfs, ria, rif, rya, sac, sai, sar, say, scf, sci, scr, sic, sif, sir, sri, syr, yar, yas, yis, yrs

Definitions for Scarify

[1] to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
[2] to lacerate by severe criticism.
[3] to loosen (the soil) with a type of cultivator.
[4] to hasten the sprouting of (hard-covered seeds) by making incisions in the seed coats.
[5] to break up (a road surface).
[6] surgery to make tiny punctures or superficial incisions in (the skin or other tissue), as for inoculating
[7] agriculture to break up and loosen (soil) to a shallow depth to scratch or abrade the outer surface of (seeds) to increase water absorption or hasten germination
[8] to wound with harsh criticism
[9] (tr) informal to make scared; frighten

Words related to Scarify

blister, excoriate, castigate, scourge, drub, flay, slap, attack, score, damn, lambaste, slash, pan, lash, vilify, scorch, perturb, appall, unnerve, astound

Words nearby Scarify

scarfpin, scarfskin, scargill, scarification, scarificator, scarify, scarious, scarlatina, scarlatina hemorrhagica, scarlatinella, scarlatiniform

Origin of Scarify

1400–50; late Middle English scarifie < Middle French scarifier < Late Latin scarīficāre, alteration of Latin scarīfāre, scarīphāre to make scratches < Greek skarīphâsthai to sketch, derivative of skárīphos stylus; see -ify

Words that may be confused with Scarify

scarify, scorify

Other words from Scarify

scar·i·fi·er , noun
un·scar·i·fied , adjective

Word origin for Scarify

C18: from scare + -ify

Synonyms for Scarify

attack, blister, castigate, damn, drub, excoriate, flay, lambaste, lash, pan, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash, vilify, burn someone's ears, crawl all over, lash into, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to, rip into, scathe, shoot down