to visit

Examples

• All

• We must protest against the injustice visited upon God's creatures.

  Academic text (2015)

• Any further harm visited upon Bunny shall be visited tenfold upon your head.

  Fiction book (1998)

• But what has been visited upon her is not personal.

• I tried not to think about any of these deaths being visited on me.

  Fiction book (2001)

• And so the sins of the parents are visited on the poor children.

• Many people believe that the hardships they face are simply what life has visited upon them.

• The challenges and obstacles we must overcome are often visited on us unexpectedly.

• The sudden misfortune that was visited upon her family left them in a state of shock.

Synonyms

P

to punish

vsto visit

772 1.0

Make someone suffer for doing something wrong

is broader and covers imposed unpleasantness beyond wrongdoing

T

to torture

vsto visit

• Offensive

478 5.7

To cause someone to feel severe physical or emotional pain, often on purpose

is broader and can include milder impositions rather than deliberate extreme pain

I

to inflict

vsto visit

216 6.2

Make someone feel pain or suffer harm

is the general act of imposing unpleasantness rather than only causing harm

I

to impose

vsto visit

126 4.8

Force someone to accept something they do not want

is about causing unpleasant effects rather than forcing acceptance

T

to torment

vsto visit

• NSFW

83 7.2

To cause someone to feel great physical or mental pain

is less extreme and covers any unpleasant imposition not only severe harm

C

to condemn

vsto visit

38 5.5

To force someone to live in a difficult or unhappy situation

is the general imposition of unpleasantness not limited to inevitable states

B

to bedevil

vsto visit

1 8.2

Treat someone cruelly by hurting or frightening them again and again

focuses on imposing unpleasantness generally not on persistent cruelty

Antonyms

R

to reward

308 1.3

To give something to someone to thank them for doing something good

B

to bless

257 1.8

To give someone good luck and happiness

Phrasal Verbs

P

to pay a visit

127 2.3

To go to someone's home or another place for a short time

Compounds

S

site visit

• Formal

4 3.7

A formal check at a place to see if it is suitable for a project

S

site visit

• Jargon

3 3.1

One time a person uses a website that is recorded and counted

F

flying visit

• UK

1 3.5

A short trip to see someone or something

How Severe

to devastate

256 4.9

to harm

500 1.0

to visit

• Archaic

21 8.8

to punish

772 1.0

to annoy

144 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology