Antonyms for feruling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fer-uh l, -ool |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛr əl, -ul |
Definition of feruling
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
- For another full minute he stared down at the girl, but he apparently had no longer any thought of feruling her.
- Extract from : « A Busy Year at the Old Squire's » by Charles Asbury Stephens
Synonyms for feruling
- bash
- baste
- beat
- belt
- berate
- birch
- bludgeon
- cane
- castigate
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- climb all over
- correct
- cudgel
- drub
- ferule
- flagellate
- flax
- flay
- flog
- give the cat o'nine tails
- hide
- hit
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- lay into
- lean on
- leather
- paddle
- pummel
- punish
- ream
- scourge
- skelp
- slap down
- spank
- strap
- strike
- stripe
- switch
- tan
- tan one's hide
- thrash
- trash
- trounce
- upbraid
- wallop
- wax
- whack
- whale
- whip
- whomp
- whop
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