suttee

Noun

Meaning

A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character.

The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

holocaust pyre fuel suicide devotion heap kamikaze bonfire scapegoat self-destruction hecatomb hara-kiri infanticide self-sacrifice seppuku
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Antonyms

life cold freezing brass monkey ice-cold taters in the mould
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Hypernyms

suicide self-destruction self-annihilation

Phrases with the word

commit suttee

Examples

The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer becomes a pariah in Hollywood. He is shunned by his friends, thrown into bankruptcy, and like a Japanese electing hara-kiri, he commits suttee. S. J. Perelman

Close letter words and terms

Sutsien Sutskever sutta sutteeism Sutter Sutter County