Synonyms of bashing

bashing 1 of 2

noun

as in hammering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hammering
• thrashing
• pounding
• licking
• pummelling
• pummeling
• blow
• bludgeoning
• lambasting
• battering
• clobbering
• thump
• hit
• slap
• knock
• buffet
• punch
• rap
• encounter
• contact
• meeting
• shock
• touch
• impact
• collision
• impingement
• bump
• jolt
• slam
• concussion
• kick
• crash
• strike
• jar
• smash
• jounce
• wallop

bashing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bash

1

as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumping
• slamming
• banging
• colliding
• smashing
• crashing
• ramming
• knocking
• hitting
• thudding
• swiping
• impinging
• impacting
• striking
• glancing
• bouncing
• scraping
• skipping
• contacting
• pushing
• brushing
• sweeping
• kissing
• touching
• rebounding
• ricocheting
• ricochetting
• skimming
• shaving
• clunking
• landing
• nudging
• caroming
• grazing
• jostling
• pressing
• bulldozing
• muscling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• skirting

2

as in slamming

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slamming
• slapping
• smacking
• hitting
• knocking
• banging
• punching
• whacking
• clapping
• pounding
• striking
• clipping
• swiping
• cracking
• kicking
• batting
• hammering
• thumping
• nailing
• poking
• pushing
• shoving
• tapping
• jabbing
• boxing
• licking
• swatting
• clobbering
• bludgeoning
• thwacking
• slugging
• smiting
• bobbing
• clouting
• bopping
• flicking
• tagging
• chopping
• zapping
• stabbing
• pasting
• rapping
• socking
• bonking
• slogging
• busting
• bumping
• belting
• clocking
• stroking
• biffing
• whaling
• walloping
• beating
• battering
• pummeling
• lambasting
• pummelling
• mauling
• lashing
• slashing
• hanging one on
• mangling
• peppering
• pelting
• dumping
• butting
• roughing
• stamping
• buffeting
• prodding
• whipping
• cuffing
• scuffing
• drubbing
• jostling
• bunging
• flailing
• levelling
• lacing
• kneeing
• pommelling
• creaming
• bunting
• switching
• decking
• spearing
• thrashing
• pommeling
• flogging
• clubbing
• sapping
• cudgeling
• felling
• bowling (down or over)
• leveling
• knocking down
• cudgelling
• conking
• sledging
• braining
• sledgehammering
• caning
• sucker punching
• flooring
• skulling
• rabbit-punching
• beaning

3

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• pounding
• lashing
• hiding
• attacking
• whipping
• beating
• knocking
• slapping
• hitting
• slamming
• battering
• pelting
• doing
• punching
• smashing
• assaulting
• thumping
• spanking
• batting
• pummeling
• chopping
• hammering
• lambasting
• mauling
• smacking
• pummelling
• slating
• raiding
• bludgeoning
• whacking
• thrashing
• clubbing
• flogging
• switching
• paddling
• storming
• slogging
• punching out
• buffeting
• working over
• boxing
• tanning
• lathering
• belting
• currying
• belaboring
• drubbing
• whaling
• swiping
• whapping
• whopping
• fibbing
• walloping
• tromping
• basting
• lacing
• wounding
• roughing (up)
• threshing
• messing (up)
• cracking
• whupping
• pommelling
• rushing
• pommeling
• assailing
• swatting
• pasting
• clobbering
• thwacking
• beating up on
• bunging up
• birching
• clouting
• socking
• strapping
• cudgeling
• descending (on or upon)
• cudgelling
• busting
• jumping (on)
• cuffing
• flagellating
• laying on
• besetting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• lamming
• whamming
• scourging
• lacerating
• caning
• whomping
• mutilating
• mangling
• goring
• maiming
• pistol-whipping
• leathering
• horsewhipping
• blackjacking
• fustigating
• rawhiding
• cowhiding

4

as in attacking

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• slamming
• scolding
• criticizing
• blasting
• abusing
• insulting
• savaging
• assailing
• excoriating
• lambasting
• castigating
• scathing
• trashing
• cursing
• jumping (on)
• tying into
• harassing
• belaboring
• berating
• vituperating
• sailing into
• reviling
• potshotting
• haranguing
• reprimanding
• disparaging
• belittling
• blaspheming
• slandering
• beating up on
• vilifying
• whipping
• lighting into
• harrying
• chiding
• affronting
• libelling
• execrating
• chastising
• slurring
• libeling
• bad-mouthing
• profaning
• fulminating
• imprecating
• rebuking
• traducing
• lacing (into)
• lashing (out)
• aspersing
• blackguarding
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• commending
• complimenting
• hailing
• lauding
• acclaiming