Synonyms for thrashing

Most common

drubbing · whipping · thumping · walloping · beating · licking

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Antonyms

defeat, loss, caress

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Action of the verb to thrash.

   the thrashings of a fish on a hook

2. n. 2

   A beating, especially a severe one.

Related words

Phrases

thrashing machine

Forms

Plural

thrashings → drubbings, whippings, thumpings, wallopings…

Example sentences

• whipping Tom could feel the air whipping his face as he ran.
• thumping Ivan heard some thumping sounds coming from a box.
• drubbing After its drubbing at the polls, the party has to reinvent itself.
• beating Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.
• licking Licking is part of a cat's self-grooming routine.

Popularity over time

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

By length

6 letters

lacing

7 letters

beating², licking², debacle³

8 letters

whipping², thumping², whopping², whacking², drubbing²

9 letters

slaughter², threshing, walloping³

12 letters

flagellation

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

In other languages

Français

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