Antonyms for hounding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : houn-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaʊn dɪŋ

Definition of hounding

Origin : Old English hund "dog," from Proto-Germanic *hundas (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian hund, Old High German hunt, German Hund, Old Norse hundr, Gothic hunds), from PIE *kuntos, dental enlargement of root *kwon- "dog" (see canine). Meaning narrowed 12c. to "dog used for hunting."

verb chase, badger

Example sentences :

William knew this; yet here he was, hounding me out of the club!
Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various

It will be the last plot of the Jesuits, who are hounding to death poor Leo.
Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild

Why should he be hounding me like a wild beast, if it were not for your sake?
Extract from : « Modern Icelandic Plays » by Jhann Sigurjnsson

No; delivered by some confounded bailiff, who's been hounding me.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

Miss Whiteside had no particular reason for hounding and persecuting me.
Extract from : « Hungry Hearts » by Anzia Yezierska

What do you think to gain by coming here—by hounding me—by hounding me?
Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson

All governments offered to assist the republic in hounding down this rascal.
Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath

And as for hounding your father to his death, the Old Man never even knew about it.
Extract from : « Shadow Mountain » by Dane Coolidge

Was it a hounding dread that after all she would not be free after marriage?
Extract from : « Exit Betty » by Grace Livingston Hill

What does God mean,” she whined, “by hounding me all my life for that one mistake!
Extract from : « In the Heart of a Fool » by William Allen White

Synonyms for hounding

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