Thrashing Synonyms

thrăshĭng
A punishment dealt with blows or lashes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. beating
  2. licking
  3. flogging
  4. hiding
  5. lashing
  6. whipping
  7. trimming
  8. drubbing
  9. lacing
  10. trouncing
  11. whacking
The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drubbing
  2. whipping
  3. beating
  4. defeat
  5. overthrow
  6. rout
  7. vanquishment
  8. walloping
  9. massacre
  10. trimming
  11. debacle
  12. dusting
  13. licking
  14. slaughter
  15. trouncing
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Move or stir about violently
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tossing
  2. threshing
  3. flinging
  4. slashing
  5. flailing
  6. convulsing
  7. swinging
Beat the seeds out of a grain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. threshing
  2. flailing
  3. lamming
  4. flogging
  5. trouncing
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To punish with blows or lashes
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. licking
  2. trimming
  3. whipping
  4. lashing
  5. hiding
  6. flogging
  7. beating
To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beating

Words Related to Thrashing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Thrashing Sentence Examples

  • Jade had freed himself during his thrashing and launched out of the door, machete in hand as he flung himself on Kris.

  • Even with the door closed, Jade.s madness and the sounds of his body thrashing against the wall were audible in the small courtyard.

  • His thrashing was the signal he was in the throes of dream.

  • Sarah immediately ceased thrashing, but Jackson's control took longer.

  • He has these god-awful nightmares and wakes me up thrashing around.

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