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beating - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | beating |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thrashing |
| Synonyms: | bashing, defeat, rout, slaughter, whipping, annihilation, drubbing, shellacking, trouncing |
| Antonyms: | triumph, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale*, whip, thresh |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, surpass |
| Synonyms: | best, better, conquer, exceed, excel, outdo, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overcome, overtake, overwhelm, subdue, top, transcend, triumph, vanquish, whip, be victorious, outplay, outrival, shoot ahead of |
| Antonyms: | cede, lose, relinquish, retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forge |
| Synonyms: | fashion, form, hammer, model, pound, shape, work, malleate |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | bashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, beating, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, harassment, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment, beating up, bias crime, denigration, hate crime, hounding |
| Main Entry: | debacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | beating, breakdown, collapse, crash, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, failure, fiasco, havoc, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, smash, smashup, washout, wreck, blue ruin, crack-up, defeasance, drubbing, licking, ruination, shellacking, trouncing, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | boon, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | discomfiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment, frustration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, uneasiness, upset, vexation, abashment, defeasance, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, unease, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | massage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kneading of body parts |
| Synonyms: | beating, manipulation, back rub, chirapsia, rolfing, rubbing, rubbing-down, stroking |
| Main Entry: | pulse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rhythm, beat |
| Synonyms: | beating, oscillation, stroke, throb, vibration, pulsation, throbbing |
| Notes: | a heartbeat is a single complete pulsation of the heart or a very short space of time, while a pulse is the rate at which the heart beats or the underlying feeling, emotions, or sentiments of a group of people |
| Main Entry: | punishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty |
| Synonyms: | abuse, beating, comeuppance, correction, deprivation, discipline, forfeit, forfeiture, gallows, hard work, infliction, maltreatment, mortification, mulct, ostracism, pain, penance, proof, purgatory, reparation, retribution, rod, sanction, short shrift*, slave labor*, suffering, torture, trial, unhappiness, amercement, castigation, chastening, chastisement, confiscation, disciplinary action, just desserts, lumps, punitive measures, rough treatment, sequestration, victimization, what for |
| Antonyms: | encouragement, exoneration, praise, protection, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vibrant in sound |
| Synonyms: | beating, consonant, deep, earsplitting, full, loud, mellow, noisy, orotund, powerful, profound, rich, round, sonorous, stentorian, strident, thrilling, thunderous, booming, clangorous, deep-toned, echoing, electrifying, enhanced, heightened, intensified, plangent, pulsating, pulsing, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, ringing, roaring, sonorant, throbbing, thundering |
| Antonyms: | faint, quiet |
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, comedown, confusion, debacle, disaster, embarrassment, flight, hiding, overthrow, retreat, romp, ruin, shambles, trashing, upset, washout*, whipping, clobbering, drubbing, shutout, thrashing, vanquishment, walkover, waxing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vibration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, quivering |
| Synonyms: | beating, fluctuation, oscillation, pulse, quake, quiver, resonance, reverberation, shake, shimmy, throb, tremor, vacillation, wave, wavering, judder, pulsation, throbbing, trembling |
| Antonyms: | stillness |
| Main Entry: | waterloo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | final defeat, total defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, collapse, conquest, failure, fall, massacre, overthrow, rout, slaughter, trashing, whipping, annihilation, crushing defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, thrashing, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whitewashing |
| Main Entry: | flogging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lashing |
| Synonyms: | beating, whipping, caning, flagellation, flailing, horsewhipping, thrashing |
| Main Entry: | jumping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vaulting |
| Synonyms: | active, animated, beating, buoyant, dynamic, irregular, lively, quivering, shaking, unsteady, vibrant, bouncing, bounding, hopping, hurdling, leaping, pulsating, quaking, skipping, springing, throbbing, trembling |
| Main Entry: | lashing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thrashing |
| Synonyms: | beating, hitting, floundering |
| Main Entry: | corporal punishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical punishment |
| Synonyms: | beating, flogging, spanking, whipping, flagellation, paddling |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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