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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trouncing

Noun

The Gators started 4-0, capping a memorable September with a 52-28 trouncing of what was a top-five Ole Miss team. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Sunday’s results, coupled with the trouncing in Saxony-Anhalt earlier this month, heap misery on an already beleaguered Merz. — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

When Walker bounced out of a fourth and 1 scrum and bolted 60 yards for a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 31-10 trouncing of Denver, all at once the astounding was entirely familiar. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

The 49ers had plenty of reasons to joke after their 27-7 trouncing of the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

The extent of the choices open to Hurzeler was evident in the matchday squad for the 4-0 trouncing of Villa in Brighton’s first league fixture of the season. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Unofficial results showed Stanton trouncing activist Kai Newkirk in the 4th Congressional District primary. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026

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

Verb

Powered by a defensive unit that tallied three takeaways, four sacks and limited the opposing offense to 156 yards, UCLA earned its seventh win of the season Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl, trouncing Michigan State 28-10. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Rounds is trouncing independent candidate Brian Bengs 57% to 36% in the deep-red state, according to a new poll conducted in mid-October by Quantus Insights. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech got off to an emphatic start on Saturday with the Hokies trouncing VMI by a count of 73-3. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Kress told investors that revenue growth in fiscal 2028 will reach 70%, trouncing the 44% average analyst estimate, according to LSEG. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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

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