English Explanatory Dictionary

victim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
  2. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
  3. One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
  4. One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
  5. One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
  6. One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
  7. A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
  8. The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
verb
  1. To make (something) a victim (especially of a ritual sacrifice); to victimize.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪktɪm/ /ˈvɪktəm/ en-us-victim.ogg

Word forms

victim victims victiming victimed

Etymology

From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”).

Synonyms

injured party

Antonyms

offender culprit criminal assailant aggressor

Related words

victimize victimise victimization victimisation victimism victimist

Derived words

fall victim fashion victim perfect victim play the victim card professional victim suicide victim victim-blaming victim blaming victim feminism victim impact statement victim mentality victim of one's own success victim Olympics victim surcharge victimed

Translations

Afrikaans: slagoffer Albanian: viktimë Arabic: ضَحِيَّة Arabic: ضحية Arabic: أُضْحِيَّة Arabic: أضحية Armenian: զոհ Armenian: տուժող Azerbaijani: zərərçəkən Azerbaijani: qurban Bashkir: ҡорбан Belarusian: ахвя́ра Belarusian: пацярпе́лы Belarusian: жэ́ртва Belarusian: афя́ра Bengali: শিকার Bengali: বলি Bulgarian: же́ртва Bulgarian: потърпе́вш Catalan: víctima Chinese Mandarin: 受害者 Chinese Mandarin: 受害人 Chinese Mandarin: 被害者 Chinese Mandarin: 犧牲者 /牺牲者 Chinese Mandarin: 犧牲品 /牺牲品 Czech: oběť Danish: offer Danish: slagteoffer Dutch: slachtoffer Dutch: gedupeerde Estonian: ohver Estonian: ohverdus Finnish: uhri French: victime Galician: vítima Georgian: მსხვერპლი Georgian: დაზარალებული German: Opfer Greek: θύμα Hebrew: קָרְבָּן \ קורבן Hebrew: חָלָל Hebrew: נפגע Hindi: शिकार Hungarian: áldozat Hungarian: sértett Italian: vittima Japanese: 犠牲者 Japanese: 被害者 Japanese: 被災者 Japanese: 犠牲 Japanese: 生贄 Kazakh: құрбан Khmer: ជនរងគ្រោះ Korean: 희생자 Korean: 피해자 Korean: 희생 Korean: 희생물 Kyrgyz: курман Kyrgyz: курмандык Lao: ເຫຍື່ອ Latgalian: upere Latgalian: pazīds Latvian: upuris Macedonian: жртва Malay: mangsa Malay: korban Māori: marurenga Māori: pārurenga Māori: patunga Māori: ori Māori: kaupēhipēhi Māori: tipinga Norwegian Bokmål: offer Norwegian Bokmål: dødsoffer Iranian Persian: قُرْبانی Iranian Persian: ضَحِیِه Polish: ofiara Polish: poszkodowana Polish: poszkodowany Portuguese: vítima Portuguese: sacrifício
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