trouncing

Meanings

• a sound defeat
• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• beat severely with a whip or rod
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• censure severely or angrily

Synonyms

bawl out, beat, beat out, beating, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, crush, debacle, dress down, drubbing, flog, have words, jaw, lacing, lambast, lambaste, lash, lather, lecture, licking, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, shell, slash, slaughter, strap, take to task, thrashing, trounce, vanquish, walloping, welt, whacking, whip, whipping