Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
displuming — v. remove feathers, strip of plumes; take away honors or wealth … English contemporary dictionary
Displume — Dis*plume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Displuming}.] [Pref. dis + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. d[ e]plumer.] To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Displumed — Displume Dis*plume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Displuming}.] [Pref. dis + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. d[ e]plumer.] To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
displume — /dis ploohm /, v.t., displumed, displuming. 1. to strip of plumes; deplume. 2. to strip of honors. [1470 80; DIS 1 + PLUME; cf. DEPLUME] * * * … Universalium
abasement — Synonyms and related words: bump, bust, casting down, comedown, debasement, deflation, degradation, degrading, demotion, depluming, descent, disgrace, disgrading, displuming, downgrading, dump, embarrassment, hangdog look, humbled pride, humbling … Moby Thesaurus
banishment — Synonyms and related words: ban, blackball, blackballing, blacklist, boycott, boycottage, defrocking, degradation, demotion, depluming, deportation, deprivation, disbarment, disfellowship, displacement, displuming, exclusion, excommunication,… … Moby Thesaurus
bump — Synonyms and related words: CAT, abase, abasement, ability, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, appulse, aptness, assassinate, assault, bang, bang into, bear, bear upon, bearing, bent, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, blow,… … Moby Thesaurus
bust — Synonyms and related words: abase, abasement, ado, apprehend, apprehension, arch, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, backfire, bad times, bag, bang, bankrupt, bankruptcy, barrow, bat, be ruined, become… … Moby Thesaurus
degradation — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abasement, abjection, abjectness, ablation, abominableness, atomization, atrociousness, banishment, baseness, beggarliness, biodegradability, biodegradation, blackballing, breakup, bump, bust,… … Moby Thesaurus
degrading — Synonyms and related words: abasement, abusive, atrocious, backhand, backhanded, beneath one, bump, bust, calumnious, casting down, cheap, contumelious, debasement, debasing, degradation, demeaning, demotion, deplorable, depluming, discreditable … Moby Thesaurus
