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trounce

verb

1 trounce

Beat severely with a whip or rod:
— The children were severely trounced.

synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip.

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

Dutch: geselen

2 trounce

Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.

synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish.

Dutch: overwinnen, overwinnen, verslaan

3 trounce

Censure severely or angrily.

synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw ... show more.

Roget 932: disapprove; dislike etc. 867; lament etc. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; ... show more

Dutch: schelden, op het matje roepen, berispen, aanrekenen, aantijgen, aanwrijven, imputeren, inwrijven, nadragen, verwijten


Moby thesaurus: assail, attack, baste, bastinado, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, belt, best, birch, blister, buffet, cane, castigate, clobber, club, cowhide, cudgel ... show more.

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