lamming

The word “lamming” has 2 syllables: lam-ming

It's pronounced as /ˈlæmɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for lamming?

In the thesaurus, “lamming” has 4 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lamming along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lamming

  • escaping
  • fleeing
  • flying
  • running away

Antonyms for lamming

Meanings of lamming

  • verb
    1. To beat or thrash.
    2. To flee or run away.
  • noun
    1. A beating.

Example Sentences

  • Lamming out of the building, the suspect evaded capture.
  • The startled deer went lamming into the woods at the sound of a nearby gunshot.
  • Despite the storm warning, the fishermen went lamming out to sea for their catch.
  • The hiker spotted a bear and went lamming down the trail to safety.
  • Startled by the sudden noise, the birds went lamming into the sky in a flurry of feathers.

On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lamming, such as: dwelling, escaping, fleeing, flying, hanging around, lingering, remaining.

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

Related Words

abusing

  • attacking
  • brutalizing
  • bullying
  • exploiting
  • hurting
  • injuring
  • insult
  • leveraging
  • manipulating
  • mistreating
  • misusing
  • oppressing
  • persecuting
  • scolding
  • slamming
  • torturing
  • using
  • violating

banging

  • brouhaha
  • bumping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • colliding
  • confusion
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • fuss
  • hitting
  • knocking
  • pounding
  • punching
  • ramming
  • shutting
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • striking
  • swiping
  • turbulence
  • whacking

damning

  • abhorring
  • abominating
  • adjudging
  • admonishing
  • adverse
  • anathematizing
  • apocalyptic
  • apocalyptical
  • attacking
  • baleful
  • baneful
  • belittling
  • berating
  • blacklisting
  • blaming
  • blasting
  • calamitous
  • castigating
  • cataclysmal
  • cataclysmic
  • catastrophic
  • censuring
  • chastening
  • chastising
  • chiding
  • concluding
  • condemning
  • convicting
  • correcting
  • criticizing
  • cursing
  • damaging
  • damnatory
  • deciding
  • decreeing
  • decrying
  • deleterious
  • denouncing
  • deprecating
  • destructive
  • determining
  • detesting
  • detrimental
  • disastrous
  • disciplining
  • disparaging
  • dispraising
  • dissing
  • dooming
  • evil
  • excommunicating
  • execrating
  • fatal
  • fateful
  • faulting
  • finding
  • hapless
  • harmful
  • hating
  • hurtful
  • ill
  • ill-fated
  • ill-starred
  • imprecating
  • incriminating
  • injurious
  • judging
  • knocking
  • lambasting
  • loathing
  • luckless
  • maledicting
  • noxious
  • opining
  • ostracizing
  • panning
  • penalizing
  • pernicious
  • prejudicial
  • punishing
  • raking
  • rebuking
  • reprehending
  • reprimanding
  • reproaching
  • reprobating
  • reproving
  • resolving
  • reviling
  • ruinous
  • ruling
  • scolding
  • sentencing
  • slamming
  • unfortunate
  • upbraiding
  • vituperating

gaffing

  • bamboozling
  • beating
  • beguiling
  • betraying
  • bilking
  • bitching
  • bleeding
  • bluffing
  • buffaloing
  • burning
  • catching
  • cheating
  • chiseling
  • chiselling
  • chousing
  • clipping
  • conning
  • cozening
  • deceiving
  • defrauding
  • deluding
  • diddling
  • doing
  • doing a number on
  • doing in
  • double-crossing
  • duping
  • euchring
  • exploiting
  • extorting
  • faking out
  • fast-talking
  • fiddling
  • fleecing
  • flimflamming
  • fooling
  • gammoning
  • gouging
  • gulling
  • having
  • having on
  • hoaxing
  • hoodwinking
  • hornswoggling
  • hosing
  • humbugging
  • hustling
  • juggling
  • kidding
  • leading one down the garden path
  • leading one up the garden path
  • milking
  • misguiding
  • misinforming
  • misleading
  • mulcting
  • nicking
  • nobbling
  • overcharging
  • plucking
  • putting on
  • reaming
  • ripping off
  • rooking
  • screwing
  • selling a bill of goods to
  • shaking down
  • shortchanging
  • shorting
  • skinning
  • skunking
  • snookering
  • snowing
  • soaking
  • spoofing
  • squeezing
  • sticking
  • stiffing
  • stinging
  • stringing along
  • suckering
  • sucking in
  • swindling
  • taking for a ride
  • taking in
  • taking to the cleaners
  • teasing
  • thimblerigging
  • tricking
  • victimizing
  • wrenching
  • wresting
  • wringing

hammering

  • attacking
  • banging
  • bashing
  • battering
  • beating
  • blaming
  • blow
  • bludgeoning
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • cracking
  • create
  • criticizing
  • doing
  • drawing
  • fashioning
  • forge
  • forging
  • hiding
  • hitting
  • knocking
  • lashing
  • lecturing
  • licking
  • nailing
  • pelting
  • pounding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • reprimanding
  • scolding
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • striking
  • swiping
  • thrashing
  • thumping
  • whacking
  • whipping

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