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cudgelled

verb as in puzzle

verb as in pommel

verb as in club

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Example Sentences

The adherents of the ministers were victorious, put the adverse mob to the rout, and cudgelled Colt himself into a muddy ditch.

I wish you had run all risks, and cudgelled the old burgomaster soundly.

Patty realised the appropriateness of this phrase, and cudgelled her brain for an appropriate reply.

Mrs. Potter cudgelled her poor brains for some—for any—kind of explanation.

I cudgelled my brains in vain to think where they had got their information.

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On this page you'll find 412 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cudgelled, such as: assail, berate, castigate, excoriate, scold, and upbraid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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