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.
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- 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
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Meaning 2
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.
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Meaning 3
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.
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