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Antonyms for lash out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lash
Phonetic Transcription : læʃ

Definition of lash out

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.
  • As in snap : verb speak sharply
  • As in swipe : verb hit
Example sentences :
  • He would rear, or lash out with his hind legs, but he would not 138 move on.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon » by Jos Maria Gordon
  • "The lazy brutes, I'll show them," he cried, preparing to lash out at them with the whip.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London
  • It does him good to lash out; but we must not agree with him when he's wrong.
  • Extract from : « Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) » by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
  • You lash out with your hind legs at an inoffensive school-fellow, with all the viciousness of a kangaroo, eh?
  • Extract from : « Vice Versa » by F. Anstey
  • The big whistle boomed again, dead ahead, and so much nearer that it provoked the skipper to lash out a round oath.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Just at that moment, he would have given a million dollars for the skill to lash out a long hit.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
  • Yes, stoop that ferocious-looking head, and shake it; and lash out with your death-dealing hoofs.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
  • And suppose he begins to twissen himself up in a knot and lash out with his tail?
  • Extract from : « Old Gold » by George Manville Fenn
  • Argument on the point was insufferable, and it only made him lash out worse, as he interrupted her.
  • Extract from : « Geoffrey Hampstead » by Thomas Stinson Jarvis
  • Swiftly he was off the low cot and on his feet looking for the speaker, arms ready to lash out and hit.
  • Extract from : « A Gift For Terra » by Fox B. Holden

Synonyms for lash out

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