trouncing

Plural: trouncings

Noun

• a sound defeat
• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• gerund of trounce: a thorough defeat.

Verb

• beat severely with a whip or rod
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• censure severely or angrily
• present participle and gerund of trounce

Examples

• The local football team has suffered three trouncings this season.

Synonyms

bawl out, beat, beat out, beating, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, crush, debacle, dress down, drubbing, flog, have words, jaw, lacing, lambast, lambaste, lash, lather, lecture, licking, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, shell, slash, slaughter, strap, take to task, thrashing, trounce, vanquish, walloping, welt, whacking, whip, whipping