trounce
Verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”
- Synonyms
- flog
- welt
- whip
- lather
- lash
- slash
- strap
- Less specific
- More specific
- flagellate
- scourge
- leather
- horsewhip
- switch
- cowhide
- cat
- birch
- Related
- beating
- thrashing
- licking
- drubbing
- lacing
- trouncing
- whacking
- strap
- whip
- lash
- whiplash
- lash
- thong
- whip
- whip
- lash
- whiplash
- switcher
- whipper
- whipping
- tanning
- flogging
- lashing
- flagellation
- wale
- welt
- weal
- wheal
- whipping
- tanning
- flogging
- lashing
- flagellation
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; “Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship”; “We beat the competition”; “Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game”
- Synonyms
- beat
- beat out
- crush
- shell
- vanquish
- Less specific
- get the better of
- overcome
- defeat
- More specific
- outpoint
- outscore
- walk over
- eliminate
- worst
- pip
- mop up
- whip
- rack up
- whomp
- get the best
- have the best
- overcome
- spread-eagle
- spreadeagle
- rout
- get the jump
- cheat
- chouse
- shaft
- screw
- chicane
- jockey
- surpass
- outstrip
- outmatch
- outgo
- exceed
- outdo
- surmount
- outperform
- overcome
- get over
- subdue
- surmount
- master
- outdo
- outflank
- trump
- best
- scoop
- outfight
- overpower
- overmaster
- overwhelm
- checkmate
- mate
- immobilize
- immobilise
- outplay
- cream
- bat
- clobber
- drub
- thrash
- lick
- Entailments
- Related
- beatable
- vanquishable
- vincible
- conqueror
- vanquisher
- thrashing
- walloping
- debacle
- drubbing
- slaughter
- trouncing
- whipping
- beatable
- vanquishable
- vincible
- beating
- whipping
- censure severely or angrily; “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger’s car”; “The deputy ragged the Prime Minister”; “The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup”
- Synonyms
- call on the carpet
- take to task
- rebuke
- rag
- lecture
- reprimand
- jaw
- dress down
- call down
- scold
- chide
- berate
- bawl out
- remonstrate
- chew out
- chew up
- have words
- lambaste
- lambast
- Less specific
- knock
- criticize
- criticise
- pick apart
- More specific
- chastise
- castigate
- objurgate
- chasten
- correct
- tell off
- brush down
- Related
- chiding
- scolding
- objurgation
- tongue-lashing
- scold
- scolder
- nag
- nagger
- common scold
- chiding
- scolding
- objurgation
- tongue-lashing
- rebuke
- reproof
- reproval
- reprehension
- reprimand
- lecture
- speech
- talking to
- upbraider
- reprover
- reproacher
- rebuker
- rebuke
- reproof
- reproval
- reprehension
- reprimand