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Detailed Synonyms for trouncing in English

trouncing:

trouncing [the ~] noun

  1. the trouncing
    – the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows 1
    the thrashing; the licking; the beating; the lacing; the trouncing; the drubbing; the whacking
    – the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows 1
  2. the trouncing
    – a sound defeat 1
    the slaughter; the whipping; the thrashing; the walloping; the drubbing; the trouncing; the debacle
    – a sound defeat 1

Alternate Synonyms for "trouncing":


Related Definitions for "trouncing":

  1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows1
  2. a sound defeat1

trouncing form of trounce:

to trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)

  1. to trounce
    to whip; to rack; to trounce; to lash; to beat up; to flog; to castigate; to whack; to drub
    • whip verb (whips, whipped, whipping)
    • rack verb (racks, racked, racking)
    • trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
    • lash verb (lashes, lashed, lashing)
    • beat up verb (beats up, beated up, beating up)
    • flog verb (flogs, flogged, flogging to)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • whack verb (whacks, whacked, whacking)
    • drub verb (drubs, drubbed, drubbing)
  2. to trounce
    – censure severely or angrily 1
    lecture; to jaw; to rag; to scold; to rebuke; to reprimand; to chide; to trounce; reproof; dress down; to bawl out; call down; call on the carpet; berate; take to task
    – censure severely or angrily 1
  3. to trounce
    – come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 1
    to beat; to crush; to shell; to trounce; to beat out; vanquish
    – come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 1
    • beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
      • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship1
      • We beat the competition1
    • crush verb (crushes, crushed, crushing)
    • shell verb (shells, shelled, shelling)
    • trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
    • beat out verb (beats out, beated out, beating out)
    • vanquish verb
  4. to trounce
    – beat severely with a whip or rod 1
    to whip; to strap; to slash; to lash; to flog; to lather; welt; to trounce
    – beat severely with a whip or rod 1
    • whip verb (whips, whipped, whipping)
    • strap verb (straps, strapped, strapping)
    • slash verb (slashs, slashed, slashing)
    • lash verb (lashes, lashed, lashing)
    • flog verb (flogs, flogged, flogging to)
      • The teacher often flogged the students1
    • lather verb (lathers, lathered, lathering)
    • welt verb
    • trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
      • The children were severely trounced1

Conjugations for trounce:

present
  1. trounce
  2. trounce
  3. trounces
  4. trounce
  5. trounce
  6. trounce
simple past
  1. trounced
  2. trounced
  3. trounced
  4. trounced
  5. trounced
  6. trounced
present perfect
  1. have trounced
  2. have trounced
  3. has trounced
  4. have trounced
  5. have trounced
  6. have trounced
past continuous
  1. was trouncing
  2. were trouncing
  3. was trouncing
  4. were trouncing
  5. were trouncing
  6. were trouncing
future
  1. shall trounce
  2. will trounce
  3. will trounce
  4. shall trounce
  5. will trounce
  6. will trounce
continuous present
  1. am trouncing
  2. are trouncing
  3. is trouncing
  4. are trouncing
  5. are trouncing
  6. are trouncing
subjunctive
  1. be trounced
  2. be trounced
  3. be trounced
  4. be trounced
  5. be trounced
  6. be trounced
diverse
  1. trounce!
  2. let's trounce!
  3. trounced
  4. trouncing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "trounce":

  • trouncing, trouncer

Alternate Synonyms for "trounce":


Related Definitions for "trounce":

  1. censure severely or angrily1
  2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict1
  3. beat severely with a whip or rod1
    • The children were severely trounced1