Synonyms for flogging
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.
Forms
- Plural
- floggings → whippings, flagellations, beatings, scourgings…
Example sentences
- beating Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.
- whipping Tom could feel the air whipping his face as he ran.
- flagellation Self-flagellation is unproductive.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| flogging | rising | |
| beating | rising | |
| whipping | rising | |
| flagellation | rising | |
| scourging | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- beating2, tanning2, lashing2
- 8 letters
- whipping2
- 9 letters
- scourging2
- 12 letters
- flagellation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beating2 = 2 syllables).