egging

The word “egging” has 2 syllables: egg-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈɛɡɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for egging?

In the thesaurus, “egging” has 17 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for egging along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for egging

  • driving
  • exhorting
  • flogging
  • goading
  • herding
  • hounding
  • pressing
  • pricking
  • prodding
  • prompting
  • punching
  • running
  • scourging
  • shepherding
  • spurring
  • whipping
  • wrangling

Meanings of egging

  • verb
    1. To throw eggs at.
    2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
    3. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
    4. To encourage, incite.
  • noun
    1. The act of pelting with eggs.

Example Sentences

  • The group was caught egging the house, causing significant damage to the property.
  • The coach accused the rival fans of egging on their team with inflammatory chants.
  • The teenager was reprimanded for egging his friends to engage in reckless behavior.
  • The media coverage suggested that certain politicians were egging the public into divisive debates.
  • She felt responsible for egging her younger brother into the prank that led to trouble.

On this page you'll find 17 synonyms or another words to egging, such as: driving, exhorting, flogging, goading, herding, hounding, pressing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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backing down

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • acquiescence
  • appeasement
  • assent
  • backing off
  • backing out
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • bowing
  • capitulation
  • caving in
  • copping out
  • cringing
  • crying off
  • defeatism
  • deference
  • disavowing
  • docility
  • finking out
  • flag of truce
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • giving-in
  • going back on
  • humbleness
  • humility
  • malleability
  • meekness
  • nonresistance
  • obedience
  • passivism
  • passivity
  • pliabilty
  • prostration
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • recreancy
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • resignation
  • retracting
  • retreat
  • servility
  • subjection
  • submission
  • submissiveness
  • submitting
  • surrender
  • taking back
  • throwing in the towel
  • tractability
  • truce flag
  • unassertiveness
  • unsaying
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yielding

backing off

backing out

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • backing down
  • backing off
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • chickenheart
  • copping out
  • crying off
  • disavowing
  • doubt
  • faint heart
  • fear
  • fear of carrying out an activity
  • finking out
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • going back on
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • reservations
  • retracting
  • second thoughts
  • taking back
  • timidity
  • unsaying
  • weak knees
  • white feather
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yellow streak

backpedaling

  • 180
  • U-turn
  • abjuration
  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • abnegation
  • about-face
  • abrogation
  • annulment
  • apostasy
  • backing down
  • backing off
  • backing out
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • cancellation
  • change in direction
  • change of mind
  • contradiction
  • contraversion
  • copping out
  • crying off
  • defection
  • denial
  • disavowal
  • disavowing
  • disclaimer
  • disowning
  • doubleback
  • finking out
  • flip-flop
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • gainsaying
  • inversion
  • nullification
  • palinode
  • recall
  • recalling
  • recantation
  • recanting
  • reneging
  • renouncing
  • repeal
  • repudiating
  • repudiation
  • rescinding
  • retractation
  • retracting
  • retraction
  • reversal
  • revocation
  • second thoughts
  • switch
  • taking back
  • transposition
  • turnabout
  • turnaround
  • unsaying
  • volte-face
  • wimping out
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing

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