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单词 trouncing
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trounce

verb

ˈtrau̇n(t)s How to pronounce trounce (audio)
trounced; trouncing

transitive verb

: to thrash or punish severely
especially : to defeat decisively

Synonyms

  • annihilate
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • bury
  • clobber
  • cream
  • drub
  • dust
  • flatten
  • paste
  • rout
  • shellac
  • skin
  • skunk
  • smoke [slang]
  • smother
  • snow under
  • thrash
  • trim
  • tromp
  • wallop
  • wax [slang]
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whap
  • whup
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Example Sentences

our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

trounce

verb

ˈtrau̇ns How to pronounce trounce (audio)
trounced; trouncing
1
: to beat severely : flog
2
: to defeat thoroughly

trouncing 1 of 2

noun

as in defeat
failure to win a contest took a serious trouncing during the first game but came back to win the next two

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • defeat
  • beating
  • loss
  • drubbing
  • rout
  • shellacking
  • setback
  • whipping
  • licking
  • overthrow
  • plastering
  • trimming
  • failure
  • upset
  • shutout
  • flop
  • collapse
  • debacle
  • fiasco
  • lump
  • débâcle
  • whitewash
  • fizzle
  • lurch
  • washout
  • nonsuccess

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • victory
  • triumph
  • success
  • win
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • sweep
  • blowout
  • landslide
  • runaway
  • romp
  • cakewalk
  • walkover
  • walkaway
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trouncing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of trounce
as in drubbing
to defeat by a large margin our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • drubbing
  • walloping
  • thrashing
  • whipping
  • clobbering
  • beating
  • shellacking
  • overcoming
  • burying
  • annihilating
  • bombing
  • pasting
  • upsetting
  • creaming
  • whupping
  • flattening
  • whomping
  • topping
  • dusting
  • routing
  • throwing
  • smothering
  • whopping
  • surpassing
  • mastering
  • skunking
  • tromping
  • trimming
  • conquering
  • skinning
  • overwhelming
  • waxing
  • blowing away
  • taking
  • exceeding
  • sweeping
  • crushing
  • besting
  • smoking
  • succeeding
  • whapping
  • destroying
  • dispatching
  • scoring
  • vanquishing
  • capping
  • snowing under
  • running rings around
  • wiping the ground with
  • subduing
  • licking
  • outdoing
  • eclipsing
  • beating the pants off
  • eating alive
  • outdistancing
  • outshining
  • running circles around
  • overmatching
  • upending
  • slaughtering
  • outstripping
  • wiping the floor with
  • finishing
  • subjugating
  • overthrowing
  • surmounting
  • overbearing
  • overpowering
  • hurdling
  • bettering
  • transcending
  • excelling
  • overtopping
  • flourishing
  • pipping
  • outfighting
  • sinking
  • knocking over
  • breaking
  • knocking off
  • worsting
  • triumphing (over)
  • winning (against)
  • prevailing (over)
  • nosing out
  • doing in
  • acing (out)
  • edging (out)
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