Perdition
[pə'dɪʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(n.) Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.
(n.) Loss of diminution.
Inputed by Cecile
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, downfall, utter loss.[2]. Eternal death, future misery.
Typist: Ludwig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Destruction, ruin, loss, demolition
ANT:Restoration, recovery, renovation, rescue, salvation
Typist: Ludwig
Definition
n. utter loss or ruin: the utter loss of happiness in a future state.—n. Per′dita a lost woman.—adj. Perdi′tionable.
Editor: Wendell
Examples
- With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For I knew that except these Mohammedans repented they would go straight to perdition some day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And in the hopeful meantime, Tom goes to perdition head foremost in his old determined spirit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What fiend more wanton in his mischief, what damned soul more worthy of perdition! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Perdition catch all the guides. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dear lady, I had none to support me; all looked on me as a wretch doomed to ignominy and perdition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I cannot give you up to perdition as a vessel of wrath: repent--resolve, while there is yet time. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Perdition is full of better hotels than the Benton. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Oh, perdition! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her nephew will come to perdition, Mrs. Crawley cried. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Was there not a spirit in him which, silent as it was, burned on him like the fires of perdition? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But I rather judge it the kinder feelings of nature, which grieves that so goodly a form should be a vessel of perdition. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Merle