Synonyms of trashing

trashing 1 of 2

noun

as in vandalism

deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property

the trashing of his apartment was the work of his ex-girlfriend, who apparently did not take the breakup very well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vandalism
• vandalization
• destruction
• wrecking
• defacing
• defacement
• demolishing
• ruin
• sabotage
• ravaging
• desecration
• ravage
• plundering
• desecrating
• ruination
• looting
• despoiling
• pillaging
• demolishment
• marauding
• pillage
• ransacking
• plunder
• sacking
• spoliation
• predation
• depredation
• despoilment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protection
• saving
• preservation
• conservation
• salvage

trashing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of trash

1

as in attacking

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• slamming
• scolding
• criticizing
• abusing
• blasting
• savaging
• insulting
• assailing
• bashing
• excoriating
• lambasting
• castigating
• scathing
• cursing
• harassing
• jumping (on)
• tying into
• berating
• vituperating
• sailing into
• belaboring
• reviling
• reprimanding
• haranguing
• disparaging
• potshotting
• belittling
• slandering
• blaspheming
• vilifying
• harrying
• affronting
• lighting into
• beating up on
• chiding
• whipping
• libeling
• profaning
• chastising
• execrating
• slurring
• bad-mouthing
• traducing
• rebuking
• imprecating
• fulminating
• aspersing
• lacing (into)
• lashing (out)
• blackguarding
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• commending
• complimenting
• hailing
• lauding
• acclaiming

2

as in destroying

to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property

someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• vandalizing
• demolishing
• ruining
• smashing
• defacing
• damaging
• violating
• wrecking
• breaking
• desecrating
• wasting
• harming
• sacking
• shattering
• sabotaging
• hurting
• looting
• spoiling
• impairing
• ravaging
• marring
• annihilating
• tagging
• razing
• plundering
• ransacking
• despoiling
• devastating
• pillaging
• totaling
• wiping out
• ravening
• graffitiing
• tearing down
• marauding
• wracking
• scourging
• depredating
• banging up
• spoliating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• preserving
• saving
• building
• conserving
• rebuilding
• salvaging

3

as in dismissing

to express scornfully one's low opinion of

a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• minimizing
• diminishing
• criticizing
• denigrating
• disparaging
• belittling
• discounting
• decrying
• denouncing
• derogating
• depreciating
• condemning
• bad-mouthing
• deprecating
• running down
• dissing
• talking down
• disliking
• dumping on
• trash-talking
• crying down
• writing off
• playing down
• discrediting
• scolding
• abusing
• poor-mouthing
• vilipending
• kissing off
• putting down
• slandering
• maligning
• vilifying
• ripping
• disgracing
• defaming
• disapproving (of)
• censuring
• discommending
• traducing
• slurring
• reprehending
• reprobating
• aspersing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• applauding
• extolling
• approving
• recommending
• endorsing
• exalting
• glorifying
• magnifying
• favoring
• lauding
• sanctioning
• acclaiming
• commending
• complimenting
• countenancing
• eulogizing

4

as in assaulting

to take sudden, violent action against

gangs of young punks would trash the encampment of homeless men just for sport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• assaulting
• raiding
• storming
• robbing
• striking
• ambushing
• charging
• invading
• assailing
• rushing
• siccing
• swarming
• turning (on)
• descending (on or upon)
• flying at
• going in (on)
• besetting
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• setting upon
• setting at
• tearing into
• pouncing (on or upon)
• going at
• bushwhacking
• pitching into
• sacking
• beating up on
• surprising
• rounding on
• nuking
• plundering
• bombarding
• mobbing
• besieging
• flanking
• lighting into
• bombing
• waylaying
• ravaging
• mugging
• blitzing
• looting
• pillaging
• battering
• barraging
• bum-rushing
• ganging up (on)
• plastering
• overrunning
• cannoning
• harrying
• buffeting
• beleaguering
• banging away (at)
• enveloping
• ambuscading
• cannonading
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• defending
• securing
• guarding
• shielding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trashing

Noun

Brighton scored four goals in the opening 31 minutes in a 4-0 trashing of Aston Villa. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

On Thursday, the Interior Department was claiming to have beat back the toxic blooms — while doing a drive-by trashing of Barack Obama to please the boss. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026

On Sunday, May 10, a group of teens was captured on camera trashing and robbing a store near the Washington Monument. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 13 May 2026

The trashing performance also marked the return of Foos guitarist Pat Smear, who had been sidelined with a broken foot when the band played a benefit weeks earlier. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2026

In some cases, shipping companies end up trashing packages. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

Instead, seal them in a dark plastic bag and bake them in direct sun for a few weeks to kill all seeds and roots before trashing them, or send them to a commercial or municipal composting facility. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Friends told her that in the dining hall, where copies of the Review are often scattered like birdseed, some students were trashing the column. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

From trashing bedrooms and throwing couches, the pair tumbles down stairs and has a chase across the lawn before ending up in the pool. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, McFarland—whose channel has nearly five million of those followers—is trashing the thing. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 30 July 2026

Charges have been dropped against Bailey Zimmerman, the country singer who was accused of trashing his hotel room at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026

There were reckless acts such as climbing on moving and parked vehicles and vandalism like trashing a yellow cab. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026