smite

Meaning

Verb

1. (archaic) To hit; to strike.
2. To strike down or kill with godly force.
3. To injure with divine power.
4. To kill violently; to slay.
5. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
7. (figuratively) To strike with love or infatuation.

Noun

A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.

Synonyms

strike

hit

beat

knock

slap

afflict

bang

kill

🔪🩸👤

clobber

thrash

bash

buffet

smack

plague

punch

👊

affect

rap

belt

strike down

destroy

hit against

whack

whip

cuff

swat

throw

drive

slog

clout

punish

whop

clack

circumvent

blight

chop

chime

biff

chastise

catch

carom

flog

cane

beset

bat

🦇

discommode

butt

defeat

gall

get

bump

Translations

colpire

frapper

schlagen

golpear

çarpmak

rahatsız etmek

χτυπώ

vergaffen

percuotere

atteindre

slaan

golpear con violencia

κατατροπώνω

αιφνιδιάζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smaɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: smiten

Inherited from Old English: smītan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: smiete

Cognate with Western Frisian: smite

Cognate with Low German: smieten

Cognate with Dutch: smijten

Cognate with Middle Low German: besmitten

Cognate with German: schmeißen

Cognate with Danish: smide

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), German Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Swedish smita (“to run off (to)”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”).