Synonyms of buffeted

buffeted

verb

past tense of buffet

as in lashed

to strike repeatedly

fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lashed
• pounded
• licked
• battered
• whipped
• pelted
• knocked
• attacked
• slapped
• assaulted
• thumped
• hit
• beat
• slammed
• pummeled
• smashed
• punched
• spanked
• mauled
• batted
• did
• hided
• bashed
• thrashed
• hammered
• chopped
• paddled
• smacked
• bludgeoned
• walloped
• flogged
• threshed
• lathered
• whacked
• clubbed
• lambasted
• punched out
• slated
• curried
• switched
• belted
• wounded
• tanned
• laced
• raided
• slogged
• worked over
• belabored
• boxed
• basted
• drubbed
• roughed (up)
• stormed
• tromped
• assailed
• fibbed
• swiped
• beset
• whaled
• whopped
• messed (up)
• cracked
• whupped
• swatted
• birched
• clobbered
• rushed
• strapped
• socked
• bunged up
• pasted
• scourged
• pommeled
• beat up on
• descended (on or upon)
• thwacked
• cuffed
• clouted
• laid on
• jumped (on)
• flagellated
• busted
• caned
• lacerated
• whammed
• gored
• lammed
• pounced (on or upon)
• horsewhipped
• mangled
• whomped
• mutilated
• maimed
• cudgeled
• leathered
• pistol-whipped
• fustigated
• blackjacked
• cowhided
• rawhided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buffeted

OpenAI’s salesforce buffeted by change, leadership turnover Rajic’s predecessor, Dresser, also approached her work with notable intensity. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

Growing worries over whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks have soared too high in the euphoria around AI have also buffeted share prices. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

During Argentina’s semifinal victory, against England, Messi, who is still playing at the unearthly age of thirty-nine, spent the opening hour of the match being buffeted and bypassed by the action. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing. — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

But back in 2022, leading up to and following the release of Don't Worry Darling, her second feature in the director's chair, Wilde couldn't make it through a single media engagement without being buffeted by gusts from a maelstrom of rumors and gossip consuming her life. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

In a business that has been buffeted by disruption for the last 20 years, I am truly blessed to stand at this moment in my career. — Steve Coffman june 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026

In just a few short months, we’ve been buffeted by the effects of tariffs, immigration actions and war, as well as the workplace disruption of artificial intelligence, both real and perceived. — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026

The feeling of being buffeted by forces far outside one’s control may seem familiar today, both in Cuba and in the United States—two neighbors undergoing destabilizing change. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026