Synonyms of trouncing

trouncing 1 of 2

noun

as in defeat

failure to win a contest

took a serious trouncing during the first game but came back to win the next two

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeat
• beating
• loss
• setback
• rout
• whipping
• drubbing
• overthrow
• licking
• trimming
• plastering
• shellacking
• failure
• upset
• collapse
• lump
• flop
• fiasco
• debacle
• shutout
• lurch
• washout
• whitewash
• nonsuccess
• fizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• victory
• success
• triumph
• win
• achievement
• accomplishment
• sweep
• landslide
• blowout
• runaway
• romp
• cakewalk
• walkover
• walkaway

trouncing

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verb

present participle of trounce

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin

our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• overcoming
• beating
• thrashing
• burying
• bombing
• upsetting
• throwing
• pasting
• annihilating
• drubbing
• walloping
• clobbering
• dusting
• flattening
• creaming
• shellacking
• routing
• topping
• whopping
• mastering
• smothering
• trimming
• taking
• whomping
• whupping
• surpassing
• skinning
• blowing away
• waxing
• conquering
• skunking
• overwhelming
• smoking
• exceeding
• sweeping
• scoring
• succeeding
• crushing
• destroying
• tromping
• dispatching
• besting
• capping
• vanquishing
• snowing under
• running circles around
• beating the pants off
• licking
• wiping the floor with
• subduing
• eating alive
• slaughtering
• eclipsing
• outdoing
• finishing
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• subjugating
• upending
• outshining
• surmounting
• overthrowing
• prevailing (over)
• hurdling
• winning (against)
• bettering
• transcending
• overpowering
• excelling
• overmatching
• triumphing (over)
• overtopping
• flourishing
• knocking over
• overbearing
• edging (out)
• knocking off
• outfighting
• breaking
• sinking
• pipping
• worsting
• acing (out)
• nosing out
• doing in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trouncing

Noun

Kylian Mbappé has four for France; Cristiano Ronaldo got into the act on Tuesday, scoring his first two goals of the tournament in Portugal’s 5-1 trouncing of Uzbekistan. — Sean Gregory, Time, 24 June 2026

Two and a half hours after Palisades’ girls team captured its fourth straight City Section lacrosse championship with a 20-8 trouncing of Birmingham, Palisades boys saw their streak of nine consecutive titles snapped in a 5-4 loss to the same school. — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026

Moments before the ball was tipped ahead of the Phoenix Suns’ Game 1 trouncing, Dillon Brooks ran his fingers over the grooves of the game ball the way starters tend to. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Last year’s trophy was won by Paris Saint Germain following its 5-0 trouncing of Inter Milan. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026

Kings organist Dieter Ruehle was feeling a bit cheeky during Thursday’s 8-1 trouncing by the Edmonton Oilers. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026

That blend of players yielded the team’s first playoff victory, a trouncing of the Minnesota Vikings in the wake of a turbulent week of wildfires in Los Angeles. — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026

Creative tension with old-school Republicans in the first term and then genuine fears about his own reelection following the trouncing the GOP got in 2018 produced a far more popular version of Trumpism than the current undiluted dose. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025

Muller’s team has won seven of those encounters, including the 2014 World Cup Final and an 8-2 trouncing of Barcelona that was the club’s worst loss in more than half a century. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025

Verb

In 2022, he was reelected, trouncing his main Democratic opponent by nearly 45 percentage points. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 July 2026

But in general the US military proved incapable of quickly trouncing a much weaker adversary, and left the citizens and residents of Gulf allies under fire in the meantime. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 June 2026

At a celebratory exhibition match last week in the capital, under the watchful eye of the supreme leader, Naegohyang faced off against the under-17s team, who just added an Asian Cup to their impressive array of silverware, trouncing Japan 5-1 in the final. — Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 7 June 2026

Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise surged 26% after the technology company issued a rosy outlook for the current quarter and raised its guidance for the full year, trouncing the Street's estimates. — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 June 2026

From there, top seed Hien Truong took over, trouncing Nguyen in the semis and Hatakeyama in the finals to claim his 5th medal and 2nd PPA international gold since September. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

Now, the Hawks’ trouncing the Knicks in this category may be a tinge inflated, if only because of matchups. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026

Aledo stacks another win Aledo won its 11th consecutive game Friday, trouncing Saginaw 15-0 in shutout fashion. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026

The endorsements came after first quarter fundraising numbers show Goldman trouncing challenger Brad Lander in cash on hand, raking in more than twice as much money. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026