Antonyms for feruled


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fer-uh l, -ool
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛr əl, -ul


Definition of feruled

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 whip : verb hit repeatedly
  • As in chastise : verb scold, discipline
  • As in flog : verb whip, lash
Example sentences :
  • First and last that winter he feruled nearly all of us boys and several of the girls.
  • Extract from : « A Busy Year at the Old Squire's » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • Then, without a word, with feruled face determined and grim, he returned into the hospital to his urgent ministry.
  • Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey
  • The old Quaker thought the boy was wasting precious time, so he feruled him every day.
  • Extract from : « The Child's Book of American Biography » by Mary Stoyell Stimpson

Synonyms for feruled

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