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

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

Benavidez, even when being backed down by Ramirez, delivered his signature rapid-fire combinations, usually pelting his opponent's head. — ABC News, 3 May 2026

Pok rounded his building's corner, head down, embarrassment pounding at his ears and rain pelting the nape of his neck. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026