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trouncing
Overview of noun trouncing
The noun trouncing has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping -- (a sound defeat)
2. beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)
Overview of verb trounce
The verb trounce has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")
2. beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")
3. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast -- (censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trouncing
2 senses of trouncing
Sense 1
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
=> defeat, licking
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> failure
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
=> corporal punishment
=> punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun trouncing
1 of 2 senses of trouncing
Sense 2
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
=> whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trouncing
2 senses of trouncing
Sense 1
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
=> defeat, licking
Sense 2
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
=> corporal punishment
Antonyms of noun trouncing
Member Holonyms of noun trouncing
Substance Holonyms of noun trouncing
Part Holonyms of noun trouncing
Member Meronyms of noun trouncing
Substance Meronyms of noun trouncing
Part Meronyms of noun trouncing
Meronyms of noun trouncing
Holonyms of noun trouncing
Attributes of noun trouncing
Derived Forms of noun trouncing
2 senses of trouncing
Sense 1
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
RELATED TO>(verb) trounce#2
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sense 2
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
RELATED TO>(verb) trounce#1
=> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
Domain of noun trouncing
Domain Terms of noun trouncing
Familiarity of noun trouncing
trouncing used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun trouncing
2 senses of trouncing
Sense 1
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
> defeat, licking
=> rout
=> lurch
=> shutout, skunk
=> thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
=> waterloo
=> whitewash
Sense 2
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
> corporal punishment
=> beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
=> electric shock
=> execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
=> gauntlet, gantlet
=> kick in the butt
=> stoning, lapidation
Meronyms of noun trouncing
2 senses of trouncing
Holonyms of noun trouncing
Grep of noun trouncing
trouncing
Antonyms of verb trounce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trounce
3 senses of trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> beat, beat up, work over
Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 3
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb trounce
3 senses of trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> flagellate, scourge
=> leather
=> horsewhip
=> switch
=> cowhide
=> cat
=> birch
Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> outpoint, outscore
=> walk over
=> eliminate
=> worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up
=> whomp
=> spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout
=> get the jump
=> cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
=> outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop
=> outfight
=> overpower, overmaster, overwhelm
=> checkmate, mate
=> immobilize, immobilise
=> outplay
=> cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
Sense 3
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
=> tell off, brush down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trounce
3 senses of trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> beat, beat up, work over
Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 3
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
'Cause To' of verb trounce
Derived Forms of verb trounce
2 of 3 senses of trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
RELATED TO>(noun) trouncing#2
=> beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
RELATED TO>(noun) trouncing#1
=> thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
Domain of verb trounce
Domain Terms of verb trounce
Familiarity of verb trounce
trounce used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb trounce
3 senses of trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
EX: They want to trounce the prisoners
Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
EX: The fighter managed to trounce his opponent
Sense 3
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb trounce
3 senses of trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
> beat, beat up, work over
=> strong-arm
=> soak
=> pistol-whip
=> belabour, belabor
=> rough up
=> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> cane, flog, lambaste, lambast
=> knock cold, knock out, kayo
=> thrash, thresh, lam, flail
=> clobber, baste, batter
=> spank, paddle, larrup
Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 3
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> reprimand, censure, criminate
=> savage, pillory, crucify
=> admonish, reprove
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> reprehend
=> deplore
=> belabor, belabour
=> come down
=> denounce
=> blame, find fault, pick
=> disparage, belittle, pick at
=> nitpick
=> attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb trounce
Sense 1
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> beat, beat up, work over
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Sense 2
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Sense 3
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
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Grep of verb trounce
trounce
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