Synonyms for drubbing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : druhb-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌb ɪŋ

Définition of drubbing

Origin : 1630s (in an Oriental travel narrative), probably from Arabic darb "a beating," from daraba "he beat up" (see discussion in OED). Related: Drubbed; Drubbing.

noun defeat

Example sentences :

Then shall he not go without a ducking and eke a drubbing himself!
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

I fancy I had some vague notion of falling upon him and giving him a drubbing.
Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad

According to this fact I must admit, that he deserves a drubbing.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

Now and then a drubbing, but who pays any attention to such things!
Extract from : « Luna Benamor » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

Some of you men 'd be the better for a drubbing every day of your lives.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

Not knowing what else to do, I have given him a drubbing whose appearance I took.
Extract from : « Amphitryon » by Moliere

So I will give you a drubbing, if you will fight me, as soon as I am able.
Extract from : « The Rock of the Lion » by Molly Elliot Seawell

Little; for the drubbing of a Highlandman is a thing not worth mentioning.
Extract from : « The Fair Maid of Perth » by Sir Walter Scott

What sort of a fellow are you, damn it all, that you can't stand a drubbing?
Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo

I laughed, for the man had got his drubbing after all, through me if not by me.
Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough

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