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past tense of slog
Synonyms & Antonyms of slogged
1
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately
Synonyms for slogged
- banged,
- bashed,
- batted,
- belted,
- biffed,
- bludgeoned,
- bobbed,
- bonked,
- bopped,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- clapped
- (also clapt),
- clipped,
- clobbered,
- clocked,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- hammered,
- hit,
- knocked,
- nailed,
- pasted,
- pounded,
- punched,
- rapped,
- slammed,
- slapped,
- slugged,
- smacked,
- smote,
- socked,
- struck,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- tagged,
- thumped,
- thwacked,
- walloped,
- whacked,
- whaled,
- zapped
Words Related to slogged
- battered,
- beat,
- buffeted,
- bunged,
- chopped,
- cuffed,
- drubbed,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- licked,
- mangled,
- mauled,
- pelted,
- peppered,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- roughed
- bowled (down or over),
- creamed,
- decked,
- dumped
- [slang],
- felled,
- floored,
- knocked down,
- leveled
- (or levelled)
Phrases Synonymous with slogged
2
to devote serious and sustained effort
- slogging their way through a pile of paperwork
Synonyms for slogged
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Phrases Synonymous with slogged
- sweat blood
- (or sweated blood)
Near Antonyms for slogged
- bummed,
- chilled,
- dallied,
- dillydallied,
- footled,
- goldbricked,
- goofed (off),
- hacked (around),
- hung (around or out)
- (also hanged (around or out)),
- idled,
- lazed,
- loafed,
- lounged,
- shirked,
- slacked (off),
- vegged out
- dabbled,
- doodled,
- fooled around,
- fribbled,
- goofed (around),
- hung
- (also hanged),
- hung about
- [British],
- messed around,
- monkeyed (around),
- played,
- pottered (around),
- puttered (around),
- trifled
3
to strike repeatedly
- the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived
Synonyms for slogged
- 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,
- roughed (up),
- slated,
- switched,
- tanned,
- thrashed,
- threshed,
- thumped,
- tromped,
- walloped,
- whaled,
- whipped,
- whopped
- (or whapped),
- whupped,
- worked over
Words Related to slogged
- 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
Phrases Synonymous with slogged
4
to move heavily or clumsily
- Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school
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