Synonyms of mauled

mauled

verb

past tense of maul

1

as in abused

to abuse physically

demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abused
• attacked
• manhandled
• ambushed
• injured
• tortured
• maltreated
• mishandled
• wounded
• beat
• battered
• hurt
• slapped
• roughed (up)
• pummeled
• licked
• mistreated
• wrestled
• thrashed
• knocked
• harmed
• fought
• persecuted
• buffeted
• bashed
• misused
• pounded
• hit
• ill-treated
• lambasted
• clobbered
• assailed
• wronged
• oppressed
• jumped
• tormented
• drubbed
• ill-used
• roughhoused
• pommeled
• ganged up (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• caressed
• petted
• fondled
• pampered
• coddled
• fostered
• nurtured
• cared (for)
• mollycoddled

2

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mauled

Lug a bulky, awkward, bear-proof canister to store your food so you don’t get mauled. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

And statistically, your chances of getting jumped and mauled by a bear are so low compared to any other real danger in the backcountry. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026

Also in July, in Kenai, a local resident was mauled by a brown bear that had climbed over the fence into her front yard, with its two cubs, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

The attack comes less than a month after another woman was mauled by a bear in Anchorage. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Few fishing experiences rival the rush of easing close to hundreds of seabirds swooping and diving on baitfish being herded and mauled by a school of slashing striped bass. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Backstage, Jey Uso took out Sikoa, and Fatu and Jimmy Uso mauled LA Knight and Sikoa later in the night. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020. — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 July 2026

Beaches in Sydney's eastern suburbs reopened on Monday despite Stewart having been mauled by a great white shark just two days ago, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026