Dictionary Entry
assail
assail is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
- 2transitive verb
To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
- 3transitive verb
To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
- 4verb
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- 5verb
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
"Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"
"Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
Synonyms
- 6verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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