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Synonyms & Antonyms of hammered
(Entry 1 of 2)
being under the influence of alcohol
- He turned down another beer to avoid getting hammered.
Synonyms for hammered
- besotted,
- blasted
- [slang],
- blind,
- blitzed
- [slang],
- blotto
- [slang],
- bombed,
- boozy,
- canned
- [slang],
- cockeyed,
- crocked,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- fried,
- gassed,
- high,
- impaired,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- intoxicated,
- juiced
- [slang],
- lit,
- lit up,
- loaded
- [slang],
- looped,
- oiled
- [slang],
- pickled,
- pie-eyed,
- plastered,
- potted
- [slang],
- ripped
- [slang],
- sloshed
- [slang],
- smashed
- [slang],
- sottish,
- soused,
- sozzled,
- squiffed
- (or squiffy),
- stewed,
- stiff,
- stinking
- [slang],
- stoned,
- tanked
- [slang],
- tiddly
- [chiefly British],
- tight,
- tipsy,
- wasted
- [slang],
- wet,
- wiped out
- [slang]
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hammered
verb
past tense of hammer
Synonyms & Antonyms of hammered (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to shape with a hammer
- medieval artisans hammered brass into various bowls and trays, which they then embossed with elaborate designs
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2
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- hammer a nail
- hammered the ball for a home run
Synonyms for hammered
- banged,
- bashed,
- batted,
- belted,
- biffed,
- bludgeoned,
- bobbed,
- bonked,
- bopped,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- clapped
- (also clapt),
- clipped,
- clobbered,
- clocked,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- hit,
- knocked,
- nailed,
- pasted,
- pounded,
- punched,
- rapped,
- slammed,
- slapped,
- slogged,
- slugged,
- smacked,
- smote,
- socked,
- struck,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- tagged,
- thumped,
- thwacked,
- walloped,
- whacked,
- whaled,
- zapped
Words Related to hammered
- battered,
- beat,
- buffeted,
- bunged,
- chopped,
- cuffed,
- drubbed,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- licked,
- mangled,
- mauled,
- pelted,
- peppered,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- roughed
- bowled (down or over),
- creamed,
- decked,
- dumped
- [slang],
- felled,
- floored,
- knocked down,
- leveled
- (or levelled)
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3
to strike repeatedly
- tried hammering the door to wake them up
- the crops were hammered with hail
Synonyms for hammered
- bashed,
- basted,
- batted,
- battered,
- beat,
- belabored,
- belted,
- birched,
- bludgeoned,
- buffeted,
- bunged up,
- clubbed,
- curried,
- did,
- drubbed,
- fibbed
- [British],
- flogged,
- hided,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- lashed,
- lathered,
- licked,
- mauled,
- messed (up),
- paddled,
- pelted,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pounded,
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- punched out,
- roughed (up),
- slated,
- slogged,
- switched,
- tanned,
- thrashed,
- threshed,
- thumped,
- tromped,
- walloped,
- whaled,
- whipped,
- whopped
- (or whapped),
- whupped,
- worked over
Words Related to hammered
- assailed,
- assaulted,
- attacked,
- beset,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- chopped,
- clobbered,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- cudgeled
- (or cudgelled),
- cuffed,
- descended (on or upon),
- hit,
- jumped (on),
- knocked,
- laid on,
- lammed,
- pasted,
- pounced (on or upon),
- punched,
- raided,
- rushed,
- slammed,
- slapped,
- smacked,
- smashed,
- socked,
- spanked,
- stormed,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- thwacked,
- whacked,
- whammed,
- whomped
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4
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
- the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over
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- admonished,
- chid
- (or chided),
- remonstrated (with),
- reproved
- abused,
- assailed,
- attacked,
- bad-mouthed,
- blamed,
- blasted,
- censured,
- condemned,
- criticized,
- crucified,
- denounced,
- dissed
- [slang],
- excoriated,
- faulted,
- harangued,
- knocked,
- laced (into),
- lashed,
- panned,
- reprehended,
- reviled,
- scourged,
- slammed,
- vituperated
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The first known use of hammered was in 1522
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