Synonyms of lashing

lashing 1 of 3

noun

as in tongue-lashing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tongue-lashing
• invective
• vituperation
• attack
• assault
• tirade
• rebuke
• reprimand
• criticism
• diatribe
• castigation
• condemnation
• denunciation
• harangue
• jeremiad
• lambasting
• philippic
• reproof
• berating
• rant
• censure
• abuse
• broadside
• disparagement
• reproach
• excoriation
• depreciation
• belittlement
• chewing out
• dissing
• lecture
• sermon
• revilement
• deprecation
• admonishment
• admonition
• execration

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tribute
• praise
• eulogy
• encomium
• approval
• panegyric
• acclaim
• honor
• citation
• homage
• sanction
• acclamation
• endorsement
• accolade
• blessing
• rhapsody
• indorsement
• commendation
• ovation
• rave
• plaudit

lashing

2 of 3

verb (1)

present participle of lash

1

as in whipping

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• hiding
• slashing
• flicking
• slapping
• thrashing
• flailing
• cutting
• flogging
• switching
• hitting
• scourging
• flagellating
• spanking
• knocking
• punching
• licking
• smacking
• banging
• tanning
• pounding
• strapping
• leathering
• whaling
• horsewhipping
• whacking
• mauling
• batting
• birching
• clipping
• beating
• swiping
• cowhiding
• rawhiding
• clapping
• caning
• thumping
• swatting
• pelting
• battering
• boxing
• cudgeling
• cudgelling
• bashing
• pummeling
• clubbing
• pummelling
• hammering
• cracking
• smiting
• socking
• thwacking
• paddling
• clouting
• cuffing
• slugging
• pasting
• bludgeoning
• clobbering
• quirting
• roughing
• knouting
• touching up
• walloping
• belting
• mangling
• buffeting
• bopping
• lathering
• slating
• lambasting
• busting
• basting
• slogging
• drubbing
• working over
• lacing
• pistol-whipping
• whopping
• threshing
• belaboring
• blackjacking
• whapping
• fustigating
• lamming
• bunging
• fibbing
• whupping
• pommelling
• tromping
• pommeling

2

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• whipping
• pounding
• hiding
• battering
• pelting
• beating
• slapping
• attacking
• knocking
• hitting
• punching
• doing
• slamming
• spanking
• assaulting
• smashing
• thumping
• batting
• chopping
• bashing
• pummeling
• pummelling
• mauling
• hammering
• thrashing
• flogging
• smacking
• paddling
• bludgeoning
• storming
• currying
• buffeting
• belting
• raiding
• slating
• lathering
• whacking
• lambasting
• clubbing
• walloping
• switching
• tanning
• drubbing
• slogging
• basting
• working over
• lacing
• punching out
• boxing
• wounding
• whopping
• threshing
• whapping
• whaling
• belaboring
• swiping
• birching
• fibbing
• whupping
• roughing (up)
• cracking
• messing (up)
• pommelling
• strapping
• tromping
• rushing
• swatting
• pommeling
• thwacking
• pasting
• assailing
• clouting
• socking
• cudgeling
• cudgelling
• cuffing
• clobbering
• bunging up
• beating up on
• caning
• scourging
• descending (on or upon)
• flagellating
• jumping (on)
• lacerating
• besetting
• busting
• laying on
• whamming
• pouncing (on or upon)
• whomping
• leathering
• lamming
• goring
• horsewhipping
• mutilating
• maiming
• mangling
• pistol-whipping
• blackjacking
• fustigating
• cowhiding
• rawhiding

lashing

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of lash

as in tying

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tying
• tieing
• strapping
• knotting
• tethering
• binding
• coiling
• roping
• cinching
• leashing
• threading
• cording
• wiring
• trussing
• snarling
• banding
• tangling
• winding
• girding
• intertwining
• twisting
• girting
• entangling
• interlacing
• interweaving
• lacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unleashing
• untying
• undoing
• unfastening
• unstrapping
• unlacing
• untethering
• unraveling
• unbinding
• disentangling
• untwisting
• unloosing
• untangling
• unwinding
• untieing
• uncoiling
• unstringing
• unlashing
• unthreading
• unloosening
• unspooling
• untwining
• unsnarling