Antonyms for ferule
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fer-uh l, -ool |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛr əl, -ul |
Definition of ferule
Origin :- "rod for punishing children," 1590s, earlier "giant fennel" (early 15c.), from Middle English ferula "fennel plant" (late 14c.), from Latin ferula "reed, whip, rod, ferule, staff; fennel plant or rod," probably related to festuca "stalk, straw, rod."
- As in cudgel : noun baton for hitting
- As in whip : verb hit repeatedly
- As in chastise : verb scold, discipline
- As in flog : verb whip, lash
- "I'd like to ferule yours," he gritted between his set teeth.
- Extract from : « From the Car Behind » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- No; it was the thought of the master, that dreadful man with the ferule and the birch sticks.
- Extract from : « Little Grandmother » by Sophie May
- If he should curve his elbow in the least, it would get a rap from the master's ferule.
- Extract from : « Little Grandmother » by Sophie May
- The man with the umbrella drew with the ferule of it a line on the ground.
- Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus
- “Suffragettes,” gasped Uncle Jim with the ferule at his throat.
- Extract from : « The History of Mr. Polly » by H. G. Wells
- But it was not as a knight of the ferule that you won this mark of distinction?
- Extract from : « Faithful Margaret » by Annie Ashmore
- As she ran she caught her thick parasol by the ferule and swung it aloft.
- Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune
- Two or three of you, I fear, are doomed to feel the master's ferule.
- Extract from : « Grandfather's Chair » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He beat the rock at his feet with the ferule of his stick, and could not lift his head again.
- Extract from : « A Modern Instance » by William Dean Howells
- The ferule and a long flexible hickory switch were the insignia of office of the school mistress.
- Extract from : « Men of Our Times » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Synonyms for ferule
- bash
- baste
- bastinado
- bat
- beat
- belt
- berate
- billy
- billyclub
- birch
- blackjack
- bludgeon
- cane
- castigate
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- climb all over
- club
- correct
- cosh
- cudgel
- drub
- ferule
- flagellate
- flax
- flay
- flog
- give the cat o'nine tails
- hide
- hit
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- lay into
- lean on
- leather
- mace
- nightstick
- paddle
- pummel
- punish
- ream
- rod
- sap
- scourge
- shill
- shillelagh
- skelp
- slap down
- spank
- spontoon
- stick
- strap
- strike
- stripe
- switch
- tan
- tan one's hide
- thrash
- trash
- trounce
- truncheon
- upbraid
- wallop
- wax
- whack
- whale
- whip
- whomp
- whop
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