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Synonyms & Antonyms of tanned
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in brown, bronzed
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for tanned
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for tanned
tanned
verbpast tense of tan
Synonyms of tanned (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
- Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt
Synonyms for tanned
Words Related to tanned
- blackjacked,
- caned,
- clubbed,
- cudgeled
- (or cudgelled),
- fustigated
- banged,
- bopped,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- clapped
- (also clapt),
- clipped,
- clobbered,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- cuffed,
- hit,
- knocked,
- lammed,
- pasted,
- punched,
- slapped,
- slugged,
- smacked,
- smote,
- socked,
- spanked,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- thwacked,
- walloped,
- whacked
- bashed,
- basted,
- batted,
- battered,
- beat,
- belabored,
- belted,
- bludgeoned,
- buffeted,
- bunged,
- drubbed,
- fibbed
- [British],
- hammered,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- lathered,
- licked,
- mangled,
- mauled,
- paddled,
- pelted,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pounded,
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- roughed,
- slated,
- slogged,
- threshed,
- thumped,
- tromped,
- whopped
- (or whapped),
- whupped,
- worked over
2
to strike repeatedly
- a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior
Synonyms for tanned
- 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,
- slogged,
- switched,
- thrashed,
- threshed,
- thumped,
- tromped,
- walloped,
- whaled,
- whipped,
- whopped
- (or whapped),
- whupped,
- worked over
Words Related to tanned
- 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
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