Thesaurus
roughed (up)
Synonyms and Antonyms of roughed (up)
- she was badly roughed up by her boxing partner
bashed, basted, batted, battered, beat, belabored, belted, birched, bludgeoned, buffeted, bunged up, clubbed, curried, did, drubbed, fibbed [British], flogged, hammered, hided, laced, lambasted, lashed, lathered, licked, mauled, messed (up), paddled, pelted, pommeled (or pommelled), pounded, pummeled (also pummelled), punched out, slated, slogged, switched, tanned, thrashed, threshed, thumped, tromped, walloped, whaled, whipped, whopped (or whapped), whupped, worked over
assailed, assaulted, attacked, beset, boxed, busted (also bust), chopped, clobbered, clouted, cracked, cudgeled (or cudgelled), cuffed, descended (on or upon), hit, jumped (on), knocked, laid on, lammed, pasted, pounced (on or upon), punched, raided, rushed, slammed, slapped, smacked, smashed, socked, spanked, stormed, swatted, swiped, thwacked, whacked, whammed, whomped
blackjacked, caned, cowhided, flagellated, fustigated, horsewhipped, leathered, pistol-whipped, rawhided, scourged, strapped
- the photographer claimed that he had been roughed up by the actor's bodyguards outside the club
abused, ill-treated, ill-used, mistreated, misused
bashed, battered, beat, buffeted, drubbed, lambasted, licked, pommeled (or pommelled), pounded, pummeled (also pummelled), slapped, thrashed
harmed, hurt, injured, wounded
oppressed, persecuted, wronged
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