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91Masacre en San Patricio — / Massacre at San Patricio. On 4 July 1976 the parish of San Patricio, in Belgrano, Argentina, was the site of the assassination of five members of the Irish Argentine Pallotine religious order. Three of the victims were priests Pedro… …
92derogatory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. depreciative, disparaging, defamatory, humiliating. See disrepute, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. belittling, disparaging, slighting, dishonoring, deprecatory, depreciatory, denigrating,… …
93opprobrious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abusive, insulting, offensive, slanderous, derogatory, contemptuous, malicious. See disrepute, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Expressing slander] Syn. scurrilous, slanderous, abusive,… …
94meanness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being mean] Syn. smallmindedness, baseness, lowness, pettiness, wickedness, debasement, degradation, abjection, shamelessness, infamy, degeneracy, blackguardism, knavishness, unscrupulousness, stinginess,… …
95dishonor — {{11}}dishonor (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. deshonor (12c.); see DISHONOR (Cf. dishonor) (v.). {{12}}dishonor (v.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. deshonorer (12c.), from L.L. dishonorare (reformed from classical L. dehonestare), from dis opposite of (see DIS… …
96derogatory — a. Detracting, dishonoring, depreciative, disparaging …
97humiliation — n. 1. Humbling, abasement, mortification, degradation, crushing, putting to shame, dishonoring. 2. Humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, lowness, submissiveness …
98abuse — I. v. a. 1. Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, dishonor, profane, pollute, make an ill use of, deceive, impose on, betray, cajole, seduce by cajolery. 2. Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill treat, ill use. 3. Revile,… …
99affront — vb *offend, outrage, insult Analogous words: slight, ignore, *neglect: nettle, peeve, provoke, *irritate Antonyms: gratify (by an attention) Contrasted words: humor, indulge, pamper: flatter, compliment (see corresponding nouns at COMPLIMENT) …
100desecration — n defilement, profaning, profaneness, blasphemy, sacrilege, impiety; debasement, degradation, dishonoring; contamination, infection, vitiation, befoulment, pollution; misuse, abuse, violation, outrage …
