Antonyms for caned
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : keyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : keɪn |
Definition of caned
Origin :- "to beat with a walking stick," 1660s, from cane (n.). Related: Caned; caning.
- As in scourge : verb beat, punish, often physically
- As in spank : verb slap, usually on bottom
- As in beat : verb injure by striking
- As in tan : verb flog, whip
- As in thrash : verb flail about; beat
- As in whip : verb hit repeatedly
- As in castigate : verb criticize severely
- As in thresh : verb beat
- As in thresh : verb thrash
- As in drub : verb thrash
- As in flog : verb whip, lash
- It used to be said I was a wild dog, a harem-scarem; and I was often caned for my pranks.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- I caned him; he took this ill, and challenged me to fight with pistols.
- Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck » by Baron Trenck
- "I shall be caned," he told himself, and the thought nearly drove him mad.
- Extract from : « Vice Versa » by F. Anstey
- So while the master was writing Lying is very wrong, and liars must be caned.
- Extract from : « The Book of Dragons » by Edith Nesbit
- Edmund explained, and the master at once caned him for not speaking the truth.
- Extract from : « The Book of Dragons » by Edith Nesbit
- "It's only a thunder shower," said the master, and caned Edmund more than ever.
- Extract from : « The Book of Dragons » by Edith Nesbit
- Very soon after Rose twigged Pietrie, who at once confessed, and was caned.
- Extract from : « Eric, or Little by Little » by Frederic W. Farrar
- “I caned all four of them for it, and you saw me do it,” said Yorke.
- Extract from : « The Cock-House at Fellsgarth » by Talbot Baines Reed
- How can we guess that our teachers laugh at our pranks after they have caned us for them?
- Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Most of them hated it like thunder, and they used to be caned when they didn't recite it right.
- Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Synonyms for caned
- afflict
- assail
- assault
- bang
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- bawl out
- beat
- beat up
- belabor
- belt
- berate
- birch
- blip
- blister
- bludgeon
- box
- break
- bruise
- buffet
- bury
- cane
- castigate
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- clobber
- clout
- club
- collide
- come down on
- correct
- criticize
- crush
- cudgel
- cuff
- curse
- defeat
- discipline
- drag over the coals
- dress down
- drub
- dust someone's britches
- excoriate
- ferule
- flagellate
- flail
- flax
- flay
- flog
- give the cat o'nine tails
- hammer
- harass
- hide
- hit
- horsewhip
- jerk
- jump down one's throat
- kill
- knock
- lambaste
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- lay out
- lean on
- leather
- lick
- maltreat
- mash
- maul
- murder
- overwhelm
- paddle
- paddlewhack
- paste
- pelt
- penalize
- pitch
- plague
- pound
- pummel
- punch
- punish
- put over one's knee
- rail
- rain blows on
- ram
- rap
- rate
- read the riot act
- ream
- rebuke
- reprimand
- rout
- rush
- scarify
- scathe
- scold
- scorch
- scourge
- seesaw
- slap
- slaughter
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stir
- strap
- strike
- stripe
- surge
- swat
- switch
- tan
- tan one's hide
- terrorize
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- thwack
- tongue-lash
- torment
- toss
- toss and turn
- trash
- trim
- trounce
- upbraid
- wallop
- warm someone's seat
- wax
- welt
- whack
- whale
- whip
- whomp
- whop
- whup
- work over
- writhe
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