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Trounce (Verb)

Meaning 1

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".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Synonyms

  • Shell
  • Beat Out
  • Beat
  • Crush
  • Vanquish

Hypernyms

  • Overcome
  • Get The Better Of
  • Defeat

Hyponyms

  • Whip
  • Overcome
  • Shaft
  • Outperform
  • Worst
  • Immobilise
  • Immobilize
  • Whomp
  • Overwhelm
  • Cream
  • Overpower
  • Best
  • Outgo
  • Jockey
  • Checkmate
  • Spreadeagle
  • Outpoint
  • Surpass
  • Spread-eagle
  • Get Over
  • Mop Up
  • Chouse
  • Pip
  • Get The Jump
  • Overmaster
  • Outscore
  • Drub
  • Screw
  • Outstrip
  • Outdo
  • Surmount
  • Walk Over
  • Bat
  • Clobber
  • Cheat
  • Mate
  • Rout
  • Have The Best
  • Eliminate
  • Lick
  • Get The Best
  • Outfight
  • Outflank
  • Subdue
  • Outplay
  • Outmatch
  • Trump

Related Words

  • Trouncing (noun)

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The manager trounced the employee for breaching company policy and mishandling customer data.
  • The teacher trounced the student for disrupting the class and disrespecting their peers.
  • The principal trounced the coach for encouraging unsportsmanlike behavior from the team.
  • The judge trounced the defendant for their reckless and irresponsible actions that led to the accident.
  • The school board trounced the superintendent for failing to maintain a safe and inclusive learning environment.

Synonyms

  • Jaw
  • Have Words
  • Call On The Carpet
  • Lecture
  • Call Down
  • Chide
  • Dress Down
  • Lambaste
  • Chew Out
  • Rebuke
  • Rag
  • Bawl Out
  • Chew Up
  • Scold
  • Berate
  • Lambast
  • Take To Task
  • Reprimand
  • Remonstrate

Hypernyms

  • Criticise
  • Criticize
  • Knock
  • Pick Apart

Hyponyms

  • Chastise
  • Objurgate
  • Chasten
  • Castigate
  • Tell Off
  • Brush Down

Meaning 3

Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Whip
  • Lather
  • Welt
  • Slash
  • Flog
  • Strap
  • Lash

Hypernyms

  • Work Over
  • Beat Up
  • Beat

Hyponyms

  • Leather
  • Birch
  • Scourge
  • Flagellate
  • Horsewhip
  • Cowhide
  • Switch
  • Cat

Related Words

  • Trouncing (noun)
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