savaging
The word “savaging” has 3 syllables: sav-ag-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈsæv.ɪdʒ.ɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for savaging?
In the thesaurus, “savaging” has 50 synonyms and 6 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for savaging along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for savaging
- abusing
- affronting
- aspersing
- assailing
- attacking
- bad-mouthing
- bashing
- beating up on
- belaboring
- belittling
- berating
- blackguarding
- blaspheming
- blasting
- castigating
- chastising
- chiding
- criticizing
- cursing
- disparaging
- excoriating
- execrating
- fulminating
- haranguing
- harassing
- harrying
- imprecating
- insulting
- lambasting
- libeling
- libelling
- lighting into
- potshotting
- profaning
- putting down
- rebuking
- reprimanding
- reviling
- sailing into
- scathing
- scolding
- slamming
- slandering
- slurring
- traducing
- trashing
- tying into
- vilifying
- vituperating
- whipping
Antonyms for savaging
- acclaiming
- commending
- complimenting
- hailing
- lauding
- praising
Meanings of savaging
- verb
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- To criticise vehemently.
- (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
- To make savage.
- noun
- A vicious attack or criticism.
Example Sentences
- The critics were savaging the new play for its poor script and acting.
- The wolf was savaging its prey with relentless bites.
- The journalist was savaging the politician in a scathing article.
- The opposing team was savaging their rivals with an unstoppable offense.
- The internet was savaging the celebrity over their controversial statement.
On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to savaging, such as: abusing, acclaiming, affronting, aspersing, assailing, attacking, bad-mouthing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
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
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- desecrating
- disparaging
- excoriating
- execrating
- exploiting
- fleecing
- fulminating
- haranguing
- harassing
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- ill-treating
- ill-using
- imprecating
- injuring
- insult
- insulting
- jerking around
- kicking around
- lambasting
- leveraging
- libeling
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- lighting into
- maltreating
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- manipulating
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- profaning
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- putting down
- rebuking
- reprimanding
- reviling
- sailing into
- sandbagging
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- skinning
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- slurring
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- working
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lambasting
- abuse
- abusing
- admonishing
- admonishment
- admonition
- affronting
- aspersing
- assailing
- assault
- assaulting
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- attacking
- bad-mouthing
- bashing
- basting
- battering
- batting
- bawling out
- bawling-out
- beating
- beating up on
- belaboring
- belittlement
- belittling
- belting
- berating
- besetting
- birching
- blackguarding
- blackjacking
- blaming
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- blasting
- blow
- bludgeoning
- boxing
- broadside
- buffet
- buffeting
- bump
- bunging up
- busting
- calling down
- caning
- castigating
- castigation
- censure
- censuring
- chastising
- chewing out
- chiding
- chopping
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- clouting
- clubbing
- collision
- concussion
- condemnation
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- contact
- cowhiding
- cracking
- crash
- criticism
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- cudgeling
- cudgelling
- cuffing
- currying
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- denouncing
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- deprecation
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- disparagement
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- fulminating
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- goring
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- harassing
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- horsewhipping
- impact
- impingement
- imprecating
- insulting
- invective
- jar
- jawing
- jeremiad
- jolt
- jounce
- keelhauling
- kick
- knock
- knocking
- lacerating
- lacing
- lamming
- lashing
- lathering
- laying into
- laying on
- leathering
- lecture
- lecturing
- libeling
- libelling
- licking
- lighting into
- maiming
- mangling
- mauling
- meeting
- mocking
- mutilating
- paddling
- panning
- pasting
- pelting
- philippic
- pistol-whipping
- pommeling
- pommelling
- potshotting
- pounding
- profaning
- pummeling
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- punch
- punching
- punching out
- putting down
- ragging
- raiding
- rant
- rap
- rating
- rawhiding
- rebuke
- rebuking
- reprehending
- reprimand
- reprimanding
- reproach
- reproaching
- reproof
- reproving
- revilement
- reviling
- ridiculing
- rushing
- sailing into
- savaging
- scathing
- scoffing
- scolding
- scoring
- scorning
- scourging
- sermon
- shock
- slam
- slamming
- slandering
- slap
- slapping
- slating
- slogging
- slurring
- smacking
- smash
- smashing
- socking
- spanking
- storming
- strapping
- strike
- swatting
- swiping
- switching
- taking to task
- tanning
- thrashing
- threshing
- thump
- thumping
- thwacking
- tirade
- tongue-lashing
- touch
- traducing
- trashing
- tromping
- tying into
- upbraiding
- vilifying
- vituperating
- vituperation
- wallop
- walloping
- whacking
- whaling
- whamming
- whapping
- whipping
- whomping
- whopping
- whupping
- working over
- wounding
sailing into
- abusing
- addressing
- affronting
- approaching
- aspersing
- assailing
- attacking
- bad-mouthing
- bashing
- beating up on
- belaboring
- belittling
- berating
- blackguarding
- blaspheming
- blasting
- castigating
- chastising
- chiding
- criticizing
- cursing
- disparaging
- excoriating
- execrating
- facing
- fulminating
- going at
- haranguing
- harassing
- harrying
- having at
- imprecating
- insulting
- lambasting
- libeling
- libelling
- lighting into
- pitching in
- pitching into
- potshotting
- profaning
- pursuing
- putting down
- rebuking
- reprimanding
- reviling
- savaging
- scathing
- scolding
- slamming
- slandering
- slurring
- tackling
- taking up
- tearing into
- traducing
- trashing
- tying into
- undertaking
- vilifying
- vituperating
- whipping