Synonyms of flailed

flailed

verb

past tense of flail

1

as in flapped

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

started to flail his arms wildly when he spied a bat in the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flapped
• fluttered
• flopped
• whipped
• swung
• waved
• flicked
• knocked
• smacked
• banged
• buffeted
• thumped
• beat
• swayed
• pounded
• flitted
• flickered
• battered
• spanked
• fanned
• oscillated
• throbbed
• pulsed
• undulated
• palpitated

2

as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• slashed
• lashed
• flicked
• thrashed
• slapped
• switched
• knocked
• hit
• hided
• punched
• smacked
• flogged
• whaled
• scourged
• banged
• flagellated
• licked
• spanked
• cut
• pounded
• whacked
• batted
• tanned
• horsewhipped
• mauled
• strapped
• swiped
• clapped
• clipped
• leathered
• birched
• thumped
• swatted
• cowhided
• beat
• rawhided
• pelted
• clubbed
• caned
• thwacked
• pummeled
• bashed
• cudgelled
• buffeted
• boxed
• bopped
• cracked
• pummelled
• clobbered
• battered
• slugged
• smote
• touched up
• paddled
• mangled
• socked
• hammered
• cuffed
• quirted
• pasted
• bludgeoned
• lathered
• roughed
• knouted
• lambasted
• busted
• slogged
• belabored
• threshed
• whapped
• tromped
• clouted
• walloped
• drubbed
• bunged
• whupped
• lammed
• belted
• laced
• basted
• slated
• worked over
• fibbed
• cudgeled
• clapt
• pistol-whipped
• blackjacked
• fustigated
• whopped
• bust
• pommelled
• pommeled