lashing

The word “lashing” has 2 syllables: lash-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈlæʃ.ɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for lashing?

In the thesaurus, “lashing” has 175 synonyms and 44 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for lashing

abuse
admonishment
admonition
assailing
assault
assaulting
attack
attacking
banding
banging
bashing
basting
battering
batting
beating
beating up on
belaboring
belittlement
belting
berating
besetting
binding
birching
blackjacking
bludgeoning
bopping
boxing
broadside
buffeting
bunging
bunging up
busting
caning
castigation
censure
chewing out
chopping
cinching
clapping
clipping
clobbering
clouting
clubbing
coiling
condemnation
cording
cowhiding
cracking
criticism
cudgeling
cudgelling
cuffing
currying
cutting
denunciation
deprecation
depreciation
diatribe
disparagement
dissing
doing
drubbing
entangling
excoriation
execration
fibbing
flagellating
flailing
flicking
flogging
floundering
fustigating
girding
girting
goring
hammering
harangue
hiding
hitting
horsewhipping
interlacing
intertwining
interweaving
invective
jeremiad
knocking
knotting
knouting
lacerating
lacing
lambasting
lamming
lathering
laying on
leashing
leathering
lecture
licking
maiming
mangling
mauling
mutilating
paddling
pasting
pelting
philippic
pistol-whipping
pommeling
pommelling
pounding
pummeling
pummelling
punching
punching out
quirting
raiding
rant
rawhiding
rebuke
reprimand
reproach
reproof
revilement
roping
roughing
rushing
scourging
sermon
slamming
slapping
slashing
slating
slogging
slugging
smacking
smashing
smiting
snarling
socking
spanking
storming
strapping
swatting
swiping
switching
tangling
tanning
tethering
thrashing
threading
threshing
thumping
thwacking
tieing
tirade
tongue-lashing
touching up
tromping
trussing
twisting
tying
vituperation
walloping
whacking
whaling
whamming
whapping
whipping
whomping
whopping
whupping
winding
wiring
working over
wounding

Antonyms for lashing

acclaim
acclamation
accolade
approval
blessing
citation
commendation
disentangling
encomium
endorsement
eulogy
homage
honor
indorsement
ovation
panegyric
plaudit
praise
rave
rhapsody
sanction
tribute
unbinding
uncoiling
undoing
unfastening
unlacing
unlashing
unleashing
unloosening
unloosing
unraveling
unsnarling
unspooling
unstrapping
unstringing
untangling
untethering
unthreading
untieing
untwining
untwisting
untying
unwinding

Meanings of lashing

verb
1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
4. To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
5. To ply the whip; to strike.
6. To utter censure or sarcastic language.
7. (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
8. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
noun
1. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
2. (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of.
3. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

Example Sentences

The storm was so fierce that it sent lashing rain against the windows.
She felt the need to go on a lashing spree to vent her frustrations.
The sailor was busy lashing down the sails before the storm hit.
His emotional outburst was a result of lashing out at those around him.
The teacher was lashing criticism at the students for not completing their assignments.

On this page you'll find 219 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lashing, such as: abuse, acclaim, acclamation, accolade, admonishment, admonition, approval.

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