Antonyms for flogged


Grammar : Verb
Spell : flog, flawg
Phonetic Transcription : flɒg, flɔg


Definition of flogged

Origin :
  • 1670s, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of Latin flagellare "flagellate." Related: Flogged; flogging.
  • verb whip, lash
Example sentences :
  • Boys were flogged at boundaries, to impress the boundaries on their memory.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • Boys were flogged when criminals were hanged, to impress the awful warning on them.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • None of us got flogged, nor were we even threatened with the gang-way.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • But wayward children must, with all kindness, be flogged into obedience.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • His eyes wandered, his lips trembled, and he looked like a man who had been flogged.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • There are those here who would have you flogged if they heard you.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • You know that I could have you triced to the triangle and flogged?'
  • Extract from : « VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea » by David Christie Murray
  • They were turned over to their own people to be flogged in the presence of the officers.
  • Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
  • Ye would have been flogged a dozen times, if I hadn't screened you.
  • Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
  • He don't care for the cowhide; the more I get him flogged the worse he gets.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

Synonyms for flogged

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