Antonyms for lash

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lash

Phonetic Transcription : læʃ

Definition of lash

Origin : c.1300, las "a blow, a stroke," later "flexible part of a whip" (late 14c.), possibly imitative. The verb might be the source of the noun.

verb beat, whip
verb criticize harshly

Example sentences :

But the lash of the whip found his face, and marked it for a time worse than the small-pox.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Even the puling creature writhed under the lash of Mary's tones.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

His hand was smarting as though struck with the lash of a whip.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

But having a raisin in my mouth I could not on the instant respond to the lash.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Does it hold back the lash from the slave, or sweeten his bitter bread?
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

He smarted under its lash, but held his temper in check because he was sorry for the girl.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

His horses took the lash until he felt at peace with himself.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

But Turkey was far better armed with his lash of wire than I was with the club.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

The lash stung me dreadfully, but I was able to smile in his face notwithstanding.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Not unless they are touched do they lash about with their tentacles.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

Synonyms for lash

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