HAMMERING Synonyms: 275 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in pounding

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hammering

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verb

present participle of hammer

as in drawing

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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as in hitting

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner hammer a nail hammered the ball for a home run

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as in licking

to strike repeatedly tried hammering the door to wake them up the crops were hammered with hail

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as in scolding

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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Recent Examples of hammering

Noun

Neocloud stocks have taken a hammering over the past month, with CoreWeave and Nebius down more than 30% while Iren has tanked 40%. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 The butt of the Axvant is designed to double as a mallet, mostly for knocking in tent stakes and taking care of other basic, non-precision hammering. — New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026 Coastal flooding and hammering winds are already underway from North Carolina and Virginia to New Jersey, the start of a dayslong coastal flood and erosion threat that will extend into New England as the storm ramps up. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 As the interview ends, Crist swiftly gets back to sawing and hammering. — Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026 This song features a kick drum throughout, and the boosted bass takes it from background timekeeping to foreground hammering. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026 The Middle East faces chaotic power shifts as Iran, despite taking a hammering, refuses to back down, though its regional influence is expected to wane. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The improvement continued with a 3-0 hammering of Austria in the round of 32, including a double from centre-forward Oyarzabal and right-back Pedro Porro finishing off a neat team move. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026 During a walk-through for reporters on Thursday, construction noises — particularly sanding and hammering — could be heard. — ABC News, 11 June 2026

Verb

With over 1,600 bidders competing online, by telephone, and IRL in a packed salesroom at Geneva’s Mandarin Oriental, all 184 lots sold (except one), each hammering down for nearly $180,000 on average. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2026 The Monarchs were clinging to a 21-20 lead in the second set when Matavao took control, hammering spikes for her team’s last four points. — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026 Polls throughout the year have largely shown the war in Iran as unpopular, with Democrats hammering the war’s effect on fuel prices. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2026 Of course, that hasn’t stopped Jackson’s campaign and its allies from hammering Collins over the allegations. — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot, who lost a son and two nephews to fighting in Gaza, has been particularly unsparing in his criticism, repeatedly hammering Netanyahu for refusing to take any accountability for the calamity. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 The whole point of the ad was to get dudes to sign up for a Novig account and start hammering parlays this football season. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Many viewers have told us, ‘Thank you for trusting us to read between the lines and for not hammering everything over our heads. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 El-Sayed did show himself to be the more skilled debater, consistently hammering Rogers over his personal wealth, congressional record and campaign contributions. — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammering

Noun

Rucking targets both at once without the joint pounding of running or the recovery debt of hard gym sessions.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Rutted migration routes, carved by the constant pounding of animal hooves, littered northern Pennsylvania.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

Adam has always coped with the world by drawing—his artwork on yellow legal pads and sticky notes illustrates the novel—but now there’s a new girl in school who’s praised for her artwork, and Adam feels his identity as an artist slipping away.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Pan Yunzhe founded Wuji in 2019, eventually moving much of the team to Shenzhen and drawing backers such as Ant Group, HSG and Future Capital, according to PitchBook.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of drawing

Verb

The brother will provoke him by hitting him first and saying cruel things, typically about me.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Shortly after the conversation began, Soho pulled out a handgun and shot at the officers, hitting two of them, according to the GBI.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of hitting

Verb

Again, like the Glacē facial, this part felt like a slug with a rough tongue licking my face—a weirdly pleasant sensation.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 10 Nov. 2026
That’s not exactly chump change, considering Atlanta was still licking its wounds after the Great Depression.

— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of licking

Verb

There has always been friction between Reed and Helen, but in the main, Reed has been successful in using a shifting combination of wheedling, scolding, complimenting, and threatening to ensure Helen fullfils her mission objectives.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Liev Schreiber is apologizing for scolding a reporter at the Nocturne premiere.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of scolding

Noun

But without a clear challenger to Thune, who won without opposition, most Republicans opted to vote against a period of purgatory after their electoral thrashing.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
The pair weren’t too shocked to see Black thrashing in the stands, but Dion?

— Gina Vivinetto, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of thrashing

Verb

Under those conditions, forging a digital signature becomes mathematically no more difficult than attacking an unpadded system.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
The results again were heartening, with Conwell at times forging a spirited undersized backcourt chemistry with starting point guard Davion Mitchell, and at other times injecting a vigor into the second unit with Pelle Larsson.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026