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

The Fever, perhaps more terribly potent with each passing day, is a two-hour spiral into the thrashing, slowly awakening soul of a Good Middle-Class Liberal. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 May 2026 Arsenal enters the match as the favorite, but Sporting has been resilient in the Champions League, rebounding from a 3-0 loss to tournament darlings Bodo/Glimt with a 5-0 thrashing in Lisbon. — Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026

Verb

The United States got off to a flying start at the 2026 World Cup, thrashing Paraguay 4-1 on Friday in Los Angeles — the first time the men’s team has scored four goals in a World Cup finals match. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Witnesses who observed those executions later shared unnerving, and, at times, horrific, accounts of inmates thrashing, moaning, or otherwise appearing to show signs of suffering after the nitrogen gas began to flow. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for thrashing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrashing

Noun

There is no hammering out a return with another team because the parameters and compensation are outlined based on the average annual value offered.

— Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 16 June 2026
During a walk-through for reporters on Thursday, construction noises — particularly sanding and hammering — could be heard.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026

Definition of hammering

Verb

Onstage, Shakira unleashed her inner rock star during the song, working the stage and the mic stand in a purple corset and matching fringe pants and whipping her lengthy curls like a weapon.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Olise kept his intentions hidden to the last, shaping up to cross the ball to the back post before sharply turning his hips and whipping his pass into the goalscorer’s path, breaking two defensive lines along the way.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of whipping

Verb

Failing to disclose or intentionally hiding assets can make a prenup more vulnerable to being challenged in court.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 6 July 2026
The find suggests one of NASA’s most successful planet hunters may still have plenty of surprises hiding in its archives.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

Definition of hiding

Verb

America is better when Paul Skenes is embarrassing hitters with Livvy in the stands pounding Miller Lites.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
The heart-pounding encounter ended with the calf reunited with its mother, dramatic photos on a cellphone — and the couple continuing on to catch brook trout.

— Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

Serve up the comforting flavors of chicken pot pie with less pressure by simply tossing all of the ingredients into your Dutch oven.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
As the actor who originated the role, Johnson fares a bit better as Maui, smirking and preening and repeatedly tossing Moana off her own boat in attempts to commandeer it for himself.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of tossing

Verb

Advertisement In the midst of the tit-for-tat strikes, Iran is burying the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, in the holy city of Mashhad, after days of public mourning ceremonies.

— Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 July 2026
The aggrieved front-line workers also include safety and security teams, those that often embark on community outreach as well as those burying patients who died from Ebola.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of burying

Verb

Then Ferrari’s team reboots the underlying technology—centralizing server costs, cleaning up sprawling codebases—while slashing costs.

— Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Higgins said her solution is to speed up permitting by slashing red tape — both for these types of large, city projects and for home and business owners trying to install resilient upgrades.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026