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Antonyms for trouncing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : trouns
Phonetic Transcription : traÊŠns

Definition of trouncing

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
Example sentences :
  • The poor old fellow gets his trouncing from the critics monthly.
  • Extract from : « One of Our Conquerors, Complete » by George Meredith
  • It is men that Dr. Parkhurst is trouncing—not their crimes—not Crime.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce
  • I don't care what you do, so long as I give this little beggar a trouncing.
  • Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives
  • Have I got to submit myself to a trouncing more than once a year?
  • Extract from : « The Guarded Heights » by Wadsworth Camp
  • But, by God His faith, an they would be ruled by me, he should get such a trouncing therefor that he should stink for it!'
  • Extract from : « The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio » by Giovanni Boccaccio
  • On a third occasion he repeated the remarks, whereupon Hood and a friend with him gave him a trouncing.
  • Extract from : « Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French » by Samuel Gibbs French
  • Marie Louise darted forward to save Victor from a ducking as well as a trouncing, and nearly ran over a man who was passing.
  • Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
  • He loathed his mission and himself and felt that he had earned a trouncing and a disinheritance.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • His whole being was bent on getting hold of the young traitor and trouncing him within an inch of his life.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise » by Margaret Burnham
  • Dr. Baker, of Whindale, accustomed to trouncing Mrs. Seaton, would have thought him a poor creature.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Synonyms for trouncing

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