Synonyms for drubbing
Definitions
- n. 1
A severe beating.
His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
- n. 2
A thorough defeat.
The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
Forms
- Plural
- drubbings → beatings, thrashings, lickings, whackings…
Example sentences
- beating Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.
- thrashing We gave them a proper thrashing.
- whacking Gustavo heard a whacking sound.
- debacle We're fed up with the whole debacle.
By length
- 6 letters
- lacing
- 7 letters
- beating2, licking2, debacle3
- 8 letters
- whipping2, whacking2
- 9 letters
- slaughter2, thrashing2, walloping3
- 12 letters
- flagellation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beating2 = 2 syllables).