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 43 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lamming

  • absconding
  • avoiding
  • breaking free
  • bringing off
  • clearing out
  • decamping
  • departing
  • disentangling
  • eloping
  • eluding
  • emancipating
  • enfranchising
  • escaping
  • evading
  • exiting
  • extricating
  • fleeing
  • flying
  • freeing
  • getting out
  • going
  • leaving
  • liberating
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • losing
  • manumitting
  • moving
  • pulling out
  • quitting
  • redeeming
  • releasing
  • rescuing
  • running away
  • running off
  • shunning
  • springing
  • taking off
  • unbinding
  • uncaging
  • unchaining
  • unfettering
  • walking out

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 53 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lamming, such as: abiding, absconding, avoiding, breaking free, bringing off, clearing out, coming back.

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

Related Words

absconding

  • avoiding
  • breaking free
  • bringing off
  • clearing out
  • decamping
  • departing
  • disentangling
  • eloping
  • eluding
  • emancipating
  • enfranchising
  • escaping
  • evading
  • exiting
  • extricating
  • fleeing
  • flying
  • freeing
  • getting out
  • going
  • lamming
  • leaving
  • liberating
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • losing
  • manumitting
  • moving
  • pulling out
  • quitting
  • redeeming
  • releasing
  • rescuing
  • running away
  • running off
  • shunning
  • springing
  • taking off
  • unbinding
  • uncaging
  • unchaining
  • unfettering
  • walking out

abusing

  • affronting
  • aspersing
  • assailing
  • attacking
  • bad-mouthing
  • bashing
  • beating up on
  • belaboring
  • belittling
  • berating
  • blackguarding
  • blaspheming
  • blasting
  • bleeding
  • brutalizing
  • bullying
  • burning
  • castigating
  • chastising
  • cheating
  • chiding
  • commercializing
  • commodifying
  • corrupting
  • criticizing
  • cursing
  • debasing
  • degrading
  • derogating
  • desecrating
  • disparaging
  • excoriating
  • execrating
  • exploiting
  • fleecing
  • fulminating
  • haranguing
  • harassing
  • harming
  • harrying
  • hurting
  • ill-treating
  • ill-using
  • imprecating
  • injuring
  • insult
  • insulting
  • jerking around
  • kicking around
  • lambasting
  • leveraging
  • libeling
  • libelling
  • lighting into
  • maltreating
  • manhandling
  • manipulating
  • messing over
  • milking
  • misapplying
  • misemploying
  • mishandling
  • mismanaging
  • mistreating
  • misusing
  • molesting
  • oppressing
  • outraging
  • overcharging
  • persecuting
  • perverting
  • pimping
  • potshotting
  • profaning
  • prostituting
  • putting down
  • rebuking
  • reprimanding
  • reviling
  • sailing into
  • sandbagging
  • savaging
  • scathing
  • scolding
  • skinning
  • slamming
  • slandering
  • slurring
  • soaking
  • sticking
  • taking apart
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • trading on
  • traducing
  • trashing
  • twisting
  • tying into
  • using
  • victimizing
  • vilifying
  • violating
  • vituperating
  • walking on
  • whipping
  • working
  • wronging

bamboozling

  • abashing
  • addling
  • agitating
  • baffling
  • beating
  • befogging
  • befuddling
  • beguiling
  • bemusing
  • bewildering
  • bleeding
  • bluffing
  • bothering
  • buffaloing
  • burning
  • catching
  • chagrining
  • cheating
  • chiseling
  • chiselling
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • conning
  • cozening
  • deceiving
  • defrauding
  • deluding
  • diddling
  • discombobulating
  • discomfiting
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disconcerting
  • discountenancing
  • dismaying
  • disorienting
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • doing a number on
  • duping
  • embarrassing
  • euchring
  • faking out
  • fazing
  • fleecing
  • flimflamming
  • flummoxing
  • flustering
  • fooling
  • foxing
  • fuddling
  • gaffing
  • gammoning
  • getting
  • graveling
  • gravelling
  • gulling
  • having
  • having on
  • hoaxing
  • hoodwinking
  • hornswoggling
  • humbugging
  • hustling
  • juggling
  • kidding
  • leading one down the garden path
  • leading one up the garden path
  • mazing
  • misguiding
  • misinforming
  • misleading
  • mortifying
  • muddling
  • muddying
  • mulcting
  • mystifying
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • perplexing
  • perturbing
  • posing
  • putting on
  • puzzling
  • rattling
  • rooking
  • shortchanging
  • skinning
  • snookering
  • snowing
  • spoofing
  • squeezing
  • sticking
  • stinging
  • stringing along
  • stumping
  • stunning
  • suckering
  • sucking in
  • swindling
  • taking in
  • teasing
  • tricking
  • unhinging
  • unsettling
  • upsetting
  • vexing
  • weirding out

banging

  • agitation
  • barring
  • bashing
  • battering
  • batting
  • beaning
  • beating
  • belting
  • biffing
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bolting
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • bouncing
  • boxing
  • braining
  • brouhaha
  • brushing
  • buffeting
  • bulldozing
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • caroming
  • chaining
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • closing
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • confusion
  • conking
  • contacting
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • creaming
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • decking
  • dither
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • fastening
  • felling
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • fluster
  • flutter
  • fuss
  • glancing
  • grazing
  • hammering
  • hanging one on
  • hitting
  • impacting
  • impinging
  • jabbing
  • jostling
  • kicking
  • kissing
  • kneeing
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • landing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • lather
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • licking
  • locking
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • muscling
  • nailing
  • nudging
  • panic
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pother
  • pounding
  • pressing
  • prodding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • pushing
  • rabbit-punching
  • ramming
  • rapping
  • rebounding
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • roughing
  • sapping
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • sealing
  • securing
  • shaving
  • shoving
  • shutting
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • skulling
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • smiting
  • socking
  • spearing
  • stabbing
  • stamping
  • state
  • stew
  • stopping
  • striking
  • stroking
  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • sweat
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tapping
  • thrashing
  • thudding
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touching
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • twitter
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whipping
  • zapping

calling down

  • abusing
  • admonishing
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • assailing
  • attacking
  • bad-mouthing
  • basting
  • bawling out
  • bawling-out
  • belittling
  • berating
  • blame
  • blaming
  • blasting
  • castigating
  • castigation
  • censure
  • censuring
  • chastising
  • chewing out
  • chiding
  • condemning
  • criticizing
  • crucifying
  • denouncing
  • disparaging
  • dissing
  • dressing down
  • dressing-down
  • excoriating
  • faulting
  • flaying
  • grooming
  • hammering
  • haranguing
  • hard time
  • jawing
  • keelhauling
  • knocking
  • lambasting
  • lashing
  • laying into
  • lecture
  • lecturing
  • mocking
  • panning
  • putting down
  • ragging
  • rap
  • rating
  • rebuke
  • rebuking
  • reprehending
  • reprehension
  • reprimanding
  • reproaching
  • reproof
  • reproving
  • reviling
  • ridiculing
  • scoffing
  • scolding
  • scoring
  • scorning
  • scourging
  • slamming
  • slap on wrist
  • taking to task
  • talking-to
  • telling-off
  • tongue-lashing
  • upbraiding
  • vituperating
  • what for

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