Synonyms for bang up
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : bang-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæŋˌʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for bang up Other synonyms for the word bang up
- A number 1
- A-1
- abuse
- awesome
- bang up
- bang-up
- beat
- best
- best-quality
- black
- bleach
- blemish
- blight
- bung up
- capital
- champion
- contuse
- corrode
- crack
- cut up
- damage
- deface
- defile
- deprave
- desecrate
- dirty
- discolor
- disfigure
- disintegrate
- dismantle
- do a number on
- exceptional
- fade
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- fly
- gnaw
- great
- harm
- highest-quality
- hose
- hurt
- ill-treat
- impair
- incapacitate
- infect
- injure
- lacerate
- maim
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- mark
- marvelous
- mess up
- mishandle
- mistreat
- misuse
- molest
- mutilate
- of the first water
- of the highest type
- oppress
- outstanding
- persecute
- pollute
- pound
- premium
- pulverize
- ravage
- rot
- rough up
- roughhouse
- ruin
- rust
- scathe
- scorch
- scratch
- shake up
- smash
- split
- spoil
- stab
- stain
- super
- superb
- superior
- superlative
- supreme
- taint
- tamper with
- tarnish
- tear
- top
- top of the line
- top-drawer
- top-notch
- total
- undermine
- unmatched
- victimize
- violate
- vitiate
- wax
- weaken
- wear away
- whiz-bang
- wonderful
- world-class
- wound
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrong
- zing
Définition of bang up
Origin :- 1540s, "to strike hard with a loud blow," from a Scandinavian sourse akin to Old Norse banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin. Slang meaning "have sexual intercourse with" first recorded 1937. Bang-up "excellent, first-rate," 1820, probably shortened from phrase bang up to the mark. The noun is recorded from late 16c.
- This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper[T.S. Eliot, "Hollow Men," 1925]
- As in first-rate : adj highest quality
- As in boss : adj great
- As in abuse : verb physically hurt or injure
- As in bruise : verb break blood vessel; discolor
- As in damage : verb cause injury, loss
- “This is bang up, Bob,” said Tom Flannery, smacking his lips.
- Extract from : « The Boy Broker » by Frank A. Munsey
- Well, if you did know him, you'd know that he's just the man we want; bang up; made for it.
- Extract from : « From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 » by George William Curtis
- Besides, Ted knew what it meant to bang up against a tree in the dark, and knock the skin off one's nose.
- Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren
- As in England, we will be bang up against an industrial awakening that will mark an epoch.
- Extract from : « The War After the War » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
- And if you don't get top enough on your own ball you will not follow through, however hard you bang up against the other.
- Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon
- They both hit the floor and went slithering across it to bang up against the opposite wall.
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen
- You're bang up against reality--you're going clean into it--and the sense of it's exquisite.
- Extract from : « The Tree of Heaven » by May Sinclair
- This night I succeeded in getting a "bang up" supper—a cooked meal—at a reb farm-house.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- He helped me put the horse away in good shape, and then got me a regular "bang up" supper despite the late hour.
- Extract from : « Wolf and Coyote Trapping » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Antonyms for bang up
- acclaim
- adorn
- adulate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- bad
- beautify
- benefit
- bless
- brighten
- build
- care for
- cherish
- clean
- cleanse
- color
- combine
- commend
- compliment
- create
- cure
- decorate
- defend
- embellish
- enhance
- esteem
- expected
- favor
- fix
- grow
- heal
- help
- honor
- improve
- inferior
- mend
- ordinary
- ornament
- perfect
- please
- poor
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- protect
- purify
- regular
- repair
- respect
- revere
- sanctify
- schedule
- second-rate
- set up
- strengthen
- treasure
- treat well
- unexceptional
- unimportant
- unnoteworthy
- wait
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