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Synonyms of hammering
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Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hammering
- bashing,
- battering,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
hammering
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of hammering (Entry 2 of 2)
- medieval artisans hammered brass into various bowls and trays, which they then embossed with elaborate designs
Synonyms for hammering
Words Related to hammering
- hammer a nail
- hammered the ball for a home run
Synonyms for hammering
- banging,
- bashing,
- batting,
- belting,
- biffing,
- bludgeoning,
- bobbing,
- bonking,
- bopping,
- boxing,
- busting,
- clapping,
- clipping,
- clobbering,
- clocking,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- hitting,
- knocking,
- nailing,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- punching,
- rapping,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- slogging,
- slugging,
- smacking,
- smiting,
- socking,
- striking,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- tagging,
- thumping,
- thwacking,
- walloping,
- whacking,
- whaling,
- zapping
Words Related to hammering
- battering,
- beating,
- buffeting,
- bunging,
- chopping,
- cuffing,
- drubbing,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- mangling,
- mauling,
- pelting,
- peppering,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- roughing
- bowling (down or over),
- creaming,
- decking,
- dumping
- [slang],
- felling,
- flooring,
- knocking down,
- leveling
- (or levelling)
Phrases Synonymous with hammering
- tried hammering the door to wake them up
- the crops were hammered with hail
Synonyms for hammering
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- birching,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging up,
- clubbing,
- currying,
- doing,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- flogging,
- hiding,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- lashing,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mauling,
- messing (up),
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- punching out,
- roughing (up),
- slating,
- slogging,
- switching,
- tanning,
- thrashing,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- walloping,
- whaling,
- whipping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
Words Related to hammering
- assailing,
- assaulting,
- attacking,
- besetting,
- boxing,
- busting,
- chopping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- cuffing,
- descending (on or upon),
- hitting,
- jumping (on),
- knocking,
- lamming,
- laying on,
- pasting,
- pouncing (on or upon),
- punching,
- raiding,
- rushing,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- smacking,
- smashing,
- socking,
- spanking,
- storming,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- whacking,
- whamming,
- whomping
Phrases Synonymous with hammering
- the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over
Synonyms for hammering
- basting,
- bawling out,
- berating,
- calling down,
- castigating,
- chastising,
- chewing out,
- dressing down,
- flaying,
- jawing,
- keelhauling,
- lambasting,
- lecturing,
- ragging,
- railing (at or against),
- ranting (at),
- rating,
- reaming (out),
- rebuking,
- reprimanding,
- reproaching,
- scolding,
- scoring,
- tongue-lashing,
- upbraiding
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“Hammering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammering. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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