Synonyms of lashed

lashed 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of lash

1

as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• slashed
• flicked
• thrashed
• slapped
• scourged
• flailed
• flogged
• switched
• knocked
• hit
• spanked
• cut
• horsewhipped
• punched
• flagellated
• smacked
• hided
• pounded
• banged
• licked
• tanned
• batted
• strapped
• whaled
• whacked
• mauled
• birched
• clipped
• leathered
• swiped
• thumped
• clapped
• caned
• swatted
• cowhided
• pelted
• beat
• rawhided
• clubbed
• bashed
• socked
• buffeted
• boxed
• pummeled
• hammered
• smote
• battered
• slugged
• clobbered
• cracked
• paddled
• walloped
• pasted
• cuffed
• lambasted
• bludgeoned
• touched up
• knouted
• roughed
• bopped
• mangled
• lathered
• thwacked
• laced
• threshed
• quirted
• clouted
• busted
• bunged
• belted
• slated
• drubbed
• lammed
• cudgeled
• whupped
• slogged
• basted
• worked over
• pistol-whipped
• belabored
• blackjacked
• tromped
• whopped
• fustigated
• fibbed
• pommeled

2

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

lashed

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of lash

as in tied

to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord

The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope.

Related Words

• tied
• strapped
• knotted
• bound
• tethered
• roped
• trussed
• coiled
• cinched
• wired
• leashed
• threaded
• banded
• corded
• snarled
• girded
• wound
• tangled
• intertwined
• laced
• girted
• entangled
• twisted
• interlaced
• interwove

Dissimilar Words

• unleashed
• untied
• unloosed
• unfastened
• unbound
• undid
• unstrapped
• unlaced
• unraveled
• disentangled
• untangled
• unlashed
• untethered
• uncoiled
• unwound
• untwisted
• unloosened
• unstrung
• unthreaded
• untwined
• unspooled
• unsnarled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lashed

Verb

Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed. — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

After the two additional deaths were reported this week, Shapiro again lashed out at Kennedy. — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Last month, Trump lashed out on coverage of poll results, which have been sagging in the 30s as Republicans seek to retain control of Congress. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack. — Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

In the same series of Sunday morning posts, the president also lashed out at Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, for saying his endorsements of Republican candidates in primary elections this year had shown mixed results. — Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

The fight intensified Sunday when Mark Goldfeder, head of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, lashed out at Bonta and suggested California’s top law enforcement official was doing Ruffalo’s bidding by filing the antitrust lawsuit. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026