Synonyms of skunked

skunked

verb

past tense of skunk

1

as in bombed

to defeat by a large margin

we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombed
• trounced
• whipped
• clobbered
• upset
• buried
• thrashed
• threw
• annihilated
• smoked
• overcame
• mastered
• creamed
• shellacked
• flattened
• walloped
• routed
• dusted
• overwhelmed
• smothered
• beat
• tromped
• waxed
• skinned
• whomped
• whapped
• pasted
• drubbed
• trimmed
• snowed under
• topped
• whupped
• whopped
• blew away
• took
• swept
• surpassed
• scored
• succeeded
• conquered
• exceeded
• destroyed
• dispatched
• capped
• ate alive
• bested
• beat the pants off
• licked
• crushed
• ran rings around
• overmatched
• wiped the floor with
• vanquished
• subdued
• overpowered
• wiped the ground with
• ran circles around
• finished
• eclipsed
• slaughtered
• worsted
• outdistanced
• surmounted
• prevailed (over)
• bettered
• subjugated
• upended
• outshone
• outstripped
• hurdled
• won (against)
• excelled
• outdid
• transcended
• knocked over
• triumphed (over)
• overtopped
• overthrew
• knocked off
• outshined
• aced (out)
• outfought
• sunk
• flourished
• pipped
• broke
• sank
• overbore
• edged (out)
• nosed out
• did in

2

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over

our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• mastered
• overcame
• got
• beat
• took
• conquered
• dispatched
• stopped
• bested
• subdued
• licked
• overmatched
• surmounted
• succeeded
• got the better of
• worsted
• upended
• prevailed (over)
• trimmed
• won (against)
• got around
• triumphed (over)
• overwhelmed
• finished
• did down
• swept
• buried
• crushed
• trounced
• upset
• clobbered
• slaughtered
• scored
• surpassed
• thrashed
• overbore
• knocked for a loop
• annihilated
• bombed
• smoked
• creamed
• whipped
• shellacked
• flattened
• exceeded
• walloped
• routed
• excelled
• capped
• skinned
• vanquished
• blew out
• waxed
• topped
• drubbed
• overpowered
• snowed under
• pipped
• flourished
• blew away
• eclipsed
• broke
• outdistanced
• unseated
• subjugated
• bettered
• edged (out)
• transcended
• outstripped
• outshone
• nosed out
• outdid
• knocked over
• overthrew
• knocked off
• overtopped
• outshined
• aced (out)
• outfought

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• went down
• failed
• gave up
• folded
• collapsed
• washed out
• went under
• flopped
• flunked

3

as in stung

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stung
• cheated
• hustled
• plucked
• squeezed
• stuck
• screwed
• beat
• deceived
• hosed
• rooked
• swindled
• did
• suckered
• tricked
• euchred
• bled
• shortchanged
• victimized
• shorted
• conned
• fleeced
• gaffed
• stiffed
• skinned
• defrauded
• reamed
• fooled
• diddled
• cozened
• mulcted
• exploited
• shook down
• bilked
• flimflammed
• nobbled
• fiddled
• ripped off
• betrayed
• choused
• chiseled
• thimblerigged
• did in
• chiselled
• took for a ride
• took to the cleaners
• wrenched
• soaked
• sold a bill of goods to
• clipped
• extorted
• milked
• gouged
• nicked
• gulled
• duped
• wrung
• overcharged
• wrested
• bitched
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• fast-talked