Antonyms for trounce
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : trouns |
| Phonetic Transcription : traÊŠns |
Definition of trounce
Origin :- 1550s, "to trouble, afflict, harass," later "to beat, thrash" (1560s), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle French troncer "to cut, cut off a piece from," from tronce "piece of timber," from Old French tronc (see trunk). Related: Trounced; trouncing.
- verb defeat overwhelmingly
- If any one else intimates that you are a fool, trounce him one for me.
- Extract from : « The Making of Bobby Burnit » by George Randolph Chester
- No cheek, kid, else we'll trounce you like we've just trounced your friend Plunger!
- Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
- There will soon be fewer pirates for you to trounce, I hope, my lad.
- Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine
- We're going to trounce your team to-morrow in handsome style.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish
- "Wouldn't I trounce the villain for it," she said, as she continued to apply the lotion.
- Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various
- Hate that old Don; used me very ill; wish I could trounce him.
- Extract from : « Cecilia, Volume 3 (of 3) » by Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d'Arblay)
- Oh, I could find it in my heart to trounce that fellow, sister.
- Extract from : « Horse-Shoe Robinson » by John Pendleton Kennedy
- It would be just as well to trounce Lord Byron in the same manner.
- Extract from : « Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends » by John Keats
- Here he nodded his head at Jorrocks as much as to say, "I'll trounce you, my boy!"
- Extract from : « Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities » by Robert Smith Surtees
- She still continued to threaten to trounce us, a menace which always provoked us to laughter.
- Extract from : « A Pioneer Mother » by Hamlin Garland
Synonyms for trounce
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