Synonyms for Cut to the quick:

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • offend,
  • smear,
  • discount,
  • slap,
  • bash,
  • swear at,
  • slam,
  • insult,
  • persecute,
  • oppress,
  • rip up,
  • ride,
  • decry,
  • sling mud,
  • do a number on,
  • zing,
  • cut down,
  • minimize,
  • derogate,
  • hurl brickbat,
  • trash,
  • belittle,
  • put down,
  • scold,
  • give a black eye,
  • bad-mouth,
  • upbraid,
  • castigate,
  • cuss out,
  • rag on,
  • tear apart,
  • backbite,
  • calumniate,
  • pick on,
  • cap,
  • defame,
  • vituperate,
  • sound,
  • signify,
  • revile,
  • run down,
  • knock,
  • vilify,
  • nag,
  • berate,
  • dump on,
  • reproach,
  • blow off.
  •belittle (verb)
  • take a swipe at,
  • deride,
  • underrate,
  • roast,
  • squash,
  • sour grapes,
  • shoot full of holes,
  • criticize,
  • sneer at,
  • rip,
  • deprecate,
  • lower,
  • squelch,
  • diminish,
  • discredit,
  • scorn,
  • scorch,
  • blister,
  • take down,
  • downgrade,
  • dispraise,
  • poor mouth,
  • disparage,
  • write off,
  • scoff at,
  • pooh pooh,
  • tear down,
  • pan,
  • downplay,
  • cut down to size,
  • undervalue,
  • depreciate,
  • shoot down,
  • underestimate,
  • take down a peg.
  •bother, trouble (verb)
  • pain.
  •cause mental hurt (verb)
  • wound.
  •cause mental pain (verb)
  • hurt.
  •displease (verb)
  • disoblige,
  • fret,
  • worry,
  • roil,
  • disappoint,
  • irk,
  • frustrate,
  • chagrin,
  • aggravate,
  • wing,
  • incense,
  • disgust,
  • perplex,
  • vex,
  • gall,
  • irritate,
  • anger,
  • play dirty,
  • repel,
  • put out,
  • disgruntle,
  • pique,
  • nettle,
  • annoy,
  • discontent,
  • bother,
  • provoke,
  • curdle,
  • antagonize,
  • upset,
  • cool,
  • dissatisfy,
  • rile,
  • turn off,
  • exasperate,
  • enrage,
  • revolt.
  •hurt (verb)
  • grieve,
  • sadden,
  • lean on,
  • martyrize,
  • afflict,
  • prejudice,
  • hit where one lives,
  • displease,
  • sting,
  • punish,
  • lambaste,
  • thumb nose at,
  • try,
  • discommode,
  • distress,
  • constrain,
  • torment,
  • chafe,
  • torture,
  • injure,
  • give no quarter,
  • lay a bad trip on,
  • go for jugular,
  • work over,
  • faze,
  • aggrieve,
  • excruciate,
  • martyr,
  • burn,
  • vitiate.
  •inflict trauma (verb)
  • traumatize.
  •insult (verb)
  • ridicule,
  • step on one's toes,
  • tease,
  • flout,
  • taunt,
  • dishonor,
  • scoff,
  • gird,
  • jeer,
  • outrage,
  • slight,
  • affront,
  • sneer,
  • libel,
  • slander,
  • curse,
  • mock.
  •pain (verb)
  • disquiet,
  • ail,
  • inflame,
  • strain,
  • harass,
  • nick,
  • bite,
  • anguish,
  • throb,
  • agonize,
  • harrow,
  • ache,
  • rack,
  • smart,
  • tingle,
  • prick,
  • gripe,
  • stress,
  • suffer,
  • convulse,
  • discomfort,
  • harm.
  •slur (verb)
  • miff,
  • skin alive,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • brand,
  • slap in the face,
  • blot,
  • push,
  • chop,
  • denigrate,
  • malign,
  • stain,
  • blacken,
  • traduce,
  • detract,
  • spatter,
  • blemish,
  • insinuate.
  •traumatize (verb)
  • shock.
  •wound (verb)
  • do in,
  • shake up,
  • get,
  • hurt one's feelings,
  • trouble,
  • disturb.

• Other synonyms:

  •displease
  • curdling,
  • Winging,
  • Discontenting,
  • up set,
  • Nettles,
  • curdled.
  •humble
  • struck dumb,
  • Bemean,
  • strike dumb,
  • pop one's balloon,
  • casting down,
  • put one away,
  • bemeaned,
  • make one feel small,
  • cast down,
  • make eat dirt.
  •offended
  • insulted.
  •pain
  • pained,
  • anguished,
  • in flames.
  •slur
  • kick in teeth,
  • slap in face,
  • skinned alive,
  • slap the face,
  • skinning alive,
  • Slurring.
  •Other relevant words:
  • humble,
  • cut,
  • cut up,
  • slur.

Antonyms for Cut to the quick:

• v.

  • abuse
    compliment, approve, help, preserve, esteem, honor, care for, benefit, respect, adulate, flatter, acclaim, laud, praise, revere, treasure, defend, prize, protect, cherish, commend, exalt.
  • belittle
    increase, exaggerate, enlarge, upgrade, overrate, value, overestimate, raise, build up, overvalue.
  • displease
    make happy, soothe, satisfy, calm, relieve, assist, mollify, comfort, compose, humor, please, aid, quiet, delight, placate, appease, encourage.
  • humble
    enhance, enlighten, promote, agree, lose, grow, elevate, explain, yield, rise, clarify, surrender, boost, strengthen, order, open, clear up, improve, release, allow.
  • hurt
    cure, remedy, let go, assuage, heal.
  • insult
    tell truth.
  • pain
    cheer, mend, fix, alleviate, ease.
  • slur
    conceal, pronounce, hide, beautify, enunciate.
  • wound
    fail, be happy.