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
- 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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