Synonyms of pelting

pelting 1 of 2

noun

as in whipping

Related Words

• whipping
• smashing
• battering
• pummeling
• pounding
• beating
• thrashing
• bashing
• hammering
• assault
• attack
• thumping
• flogging
• buffeting
• mauling
• belting
• licking
• paddling
• drubbing
• walloping
• bludgeoning
• batting
• cudgeling
• clubbing
• harm
• whaling
• battery
• tromping
• socking
• riot
• onslaught
• hurt
• injury
• damage
• fury
• detriment
• threat
• revolt
• turbulence
• lacing
• frenzy
• rampage
• impairment
• rupture
• shock
• upheaval
• terror
• outrage
• pommeling
• tumult
• rage
• outbreak
• storm
• paroxysm
• bulldozing
• savagery
• uproar
• brutality
• barbarity
• bullying
• browbeating
• violence
• hectoring
• maiming
• crippling
• strong-arming
• foul play
• mayhem
• mutilation
• force

Dissimilar Words

• pacifism
• nonviolence
• pacificism

pelting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pelt

1

as in scurrying

to proceed or move quickly

pelted away when the cops arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurrying
• hurrying
• rushing
• flying
• speeding
• racing
• traveling
• driving
• trotting
• zipping
• chasing
• jumping
• running
• blowing
• buzzing
• blasting
• darting
• scooting
• ramming
• stepping
• hurling
• scuttling
• dashing
• tearing
• ripping
• whirling
• blazing
• bolting
• shooting
• hurtling
• bowling
• zooming
• barreling
• rustling
• hustling
• careening
• careering
• jogging
• humping
• rocketing
• whisking
• belting
• breezing
• coursing
• bundling
• hastening
• nipping
• haring
• cracking (on)
• bustling
• motoring
• cannonballing
• galloping
• hying
• jetting
• bombing
• beating it
• highballing
• scudding
• scampering
• stepping on it
• flitting
• scuffling
• making tracks
• hotfooting (it)
• whizzing
• getting a move on
• sprinting
• shaking a leg
• stampeding
• streaking
• accelerating
• beetling
• outrunning
• overtaking
• outstripping
• outpacing
• stepping out
• quickening
• catching up
• arrowing
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poking
• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• lingering
• poking
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• strolling
• dawdling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• dallying
• ambling
• lumbering
• plodding
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying
• decelerating

2

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• hurling
• tossing
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• heaving
• lobbing
• chucking
• hurtling
• casting
• catapulting
• bowling
• pitching
• pegging
• dashing
• darting
• lofting
• rolling
• flipping
• letting fly
• gunning
• thrusting
• precipitating
• ejecting
• propelling
• projecting
• passing
• shooting
• hooking
• bucking
• impelling
• rifling

3

as in pounding

to strike repeatedly

pelted the other kids with pebbles

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pelting

Verb

Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell were pelting Hawaii's western islands early Tuesday, bringing the threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Tennessee fans once expressed a grudge toward former coach Lane Kiffin by pelting the Neyland Stadium field with debris, including a mustard bottle and a golf ball, the latter of which struck Kiffin. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Rain pelting the walls of every home like black stones from LockMull Beach. — Literary Hub, 9 July 2026

Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesters who were pelting them with rocks, eggs and other objects. — Hameraldi Agolli, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Les Bleus returned to play looking refreshed — practically pelting the Swedish goal with attempts, and yet somehow nothing went in. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

The pelting rain overhead and the runoff streaming over the pine roots around us, draining toward the lake, sounded like an industrial roar. — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Heavy rain pelting the barn’s roof could be heard throughout the interview. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 June 2026

Friduss recalled marble-sized hail pelting the boat just before, after a discussion with some other men on the boat, Pickles made a decision to again try to steer for Homewood Marina. — Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026