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

Holmes attempted to ask a follow-up, but Trump lashed out at her. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

EDTAugust 17, 2026 This weekend, Hawaii was lashed by a rare hurricane, as Lala’s eye passed just 20 miles south of the Big Island’s southern tip on Saturday. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2026

Shortly after the outbreak, City Council Speaker Julie Menin lashed out at Martin and Mayor Mamdani for, in her view, not taking more proactive steps in stopping its spread. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026

Earlier this month, Kennedy lashed out during an interview on CNN over vaccine and public health policies. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026

The singer also lashed out at her parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, on social media. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026

Beijing lashed out, restricting vital commerce and the flow of Chinese tourists on which Japan – the world’s fourth-largest economy – depends. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026

Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, also lashed out at Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

The same storm system on Saturday night lashed Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with 80-mile-per-hour winds and gusts above 90 miles per hour in its southern outskirts, causing thousands to lose power. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 July 2026