displume
/dis'plu:m/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To strip of feathers: To remove the feathers from a bird, typically by pulling them out.
- To strip of honors, possessions, or attributes: To deprive someone of their status, awards, or qualities, often in a humiliating or forceful manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- The farmer had to displume the goose before preparing it for cooking.
- The scandal served to displume the once-respected politician of all his titles and public esteem.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Often used in a metaphorical sense to describe the act of stripping away dignity, reputation, or external trappings.
- The investigative report threatened to displume the corporation of its carefully crafted image of social responsibility.
Variants and Related Words
- Deplume (verb): A less common variant with the same meaning as "displume."
- He was deplumed of his knighthood after the conviction.
Synonyms
- Pluck: To pull out feathers or hair.
- Strip: To remove a covering or layer; to deprive of property, rights, or titles.
- Denude: To strip something of its covering, possessions, or assets.
Antonyms
- Adorn: To make more beautiful or attractive; to decorate.
- Invest: To provide or endow with a particular quality, attribute, or item.
- Honor: To regard or treat with admiration and respect; to confer honor upon.
Related Phrases and Idioms
(This word is highly specific and is not commonly used in standard idioms or phrasal verbs.)
Verb
- strip of feathers
- pull a chicken
- pluck the capon
- strip of honors, possessions, or attributes