WHIPPINGS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

whippings

noun

plural of whipping

as in beatings

failure to win a contest suffered a whipping that took them out of competition

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Recent Examples of whippings Reynolds cites the early-18th-century diary of William Byrd II, who read Homer in the morning and administered whippings to refractory slaves in the afternoon. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 There was physical violence as well — whippings, beatings, even bricks thrown. — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 Michael’s tendency to speak up earned him frequent whippings with his father’s belt. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 In September, a photo showing an enslaved man's scarred back from whippings was removed from a national monument in Georgia. — Aida Mogos, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved. — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Complaints about poor conditions were often ignored or met with violence, including late-night beatings and pepper spray, detainees said.

— Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Complaints about poor conditions were often ignored or met with violence, including late-night beatings and pepper spray, detainees said.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of beatings

Noun

Your mind fills with all the defeats; all the anguish of mistakes made and opportunities missed.

— Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
Then came consecutive defeats to Georgia and Georgia Tech, two losses under totally different circumstances that launched this downfall.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of defeats

Noun

The Pentagon is not revealing its equipment losses, but Tehran is claiming large numbers of US Black Hawk helicopters destroyed and base infrastructure like aircraft hangars heavily damaged in its days of attacks.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Behind that toll are individual losses, told here through what people carried out of the debris.

— New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of losses

Noun

Shein will publicly list in Hong Kong after finally receiving Beijing’s approval, deepening its Chinese roots following global setbacks.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has also been met with a series of setbacks.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026