Synonyms for flagellation

Most common

whipping · lashing · flogging · scourging

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.

Related words

Other spellings

enflagellation

Forms

Plural

flagellations → floggings, whippings, scourgings, lashings…

Example sentences

• whipping Tom could feel the air whipping his face as he ran.
• lashing When we left the house, the rain was lashing down.
• flogging Have you ever considered trying flogging in our play?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

beating², tanning², lashing²

8 letters

whipping², flogging², drubbing²

9 letters

thrashing², scourging²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beating² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

flagellation

Italiano

flagellazione

Deutsch

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