THRASHING Synonyms: 251 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of thrashing

as in hammering

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verb

present participle of thrash

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat

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as in hiding

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop

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as in pounding

to strike repeatedly the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage

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as in tossing

to make jerky or restless movements in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot

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Recent Examples of thrashing

Noun

Advanced signs include anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, extreme thirst paired with panic at the sight of fluids, heavy saliva and aggressive thrashing or biting. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 New Zealand declined — and carried out their haka in their changing room before delivering a 45-10 thrashing. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Verb

Some patients are arguably mad, others thrashing against their circumstances. — Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Apparently, McQueen made the most of the Ferrari, thrashing it along Southern California’s Pacific Coast Highway and Mulholland Drive. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thrashing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrashing

Noun

The butt of the Axvant is designed to double as a mallet, mostly for knocking in tent stakes and taking care of other basic, non-precision hammering.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
Coastal flooding and hammering winds are already underway from North Carolina and Virginia to New Jersey, the start of a dayslong coastal flood and erosion threat that will extend into New England as the storm ramps up.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of hammering

Verb

In whipping rain and wind in New Jersey, the New York Giants held on for a 12-7 win in their first game since quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Goalkeeper Emi Martinez floated a ball over Ezri Konsa to Rogers, who exchanged passes with Joao Pedro before shifting sharply onto his right foot and whipping a shot just wide of David Raya’s far post.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipping

Verb

The series brings 10 strangers together in an institutional setting for seven days, with each person trying to guess the true occupations of the others while hiding their own identities.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Officers found Blanco hiding in the basement of a nearby home and recovered a knife from a panel box, police said.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of hiding

Verb

Many spectators watched pounding waves there at high tide Saturday morning.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Guadagnino has always been skilled in his choice of music (Sufjan Stevens’ alt-pop in Call Me by Your Name, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pounding EDM in Challengers).

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

After the hanging, Sepahi’s family was reportedly prevented by authorities from burying their son in his hometown.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The limits of burying the bad news Each of these interventions, whether reckless, self-destructive trade barriers, massive military invasions, or offensive divisive speeches, soaks up attention.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of burying

Verb

These next-generation systems aim to extract far more energy from uranium while slashing waste stockpiles.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Right now, Amazon has the TCL Nxtpaper 11 (Gen 2) on sale for 31% off, slashing $90 from its already affordable price.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026