trounce
1. censure severely or angrily
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
• Syn:
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, reproof,
lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up,
have words, lambaste, lambast
• Derivationally related forms:
chiding (for: chide), scolder (for: scold), scolding (for: scold), reprimand (for: reprimand), lecture (for: lecture), reproof (for: reproof), rebuker (for: rebuke), rebuke (for: rebuke)
• Hypernyms:
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
• Hyponyms:
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct,
tell off, brush down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: have words)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: remonstrate)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: jaw)
2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
• Syn:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish
• Derivationally related forms:
vanquishable (for: vanquish), vanquisher (for: vanquish), trouncing, beatable (for: beat), beating (for: beat)
• Hypernyms:
get the better of, overcome, defeat
• Hyponyms:
outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, worst,
pip, mop up, whip, rack up, whomp, get the best,
have the best, overcome, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout, get the jump,
cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey,
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
surmount, outperform, get over, subdue, master, outflank,
trump, best, scoop, outfight, overpower, overmaster,
overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilize, immobilise, outplay,
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
• Verb Group:
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
• Entailment:
win
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to trounce his opponent
3. beat severely with a whip or rod
- The teacher often flogged the students
- The children were severely trounced
• Syn:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash,
slash, strap
• Derivationally related forms:
trouncing, strap (for: strap), lash (for: lash), whip (for: whip), whipper (for: whip), whipping (for: whip), welt (for: welt), flogging (for: flog)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat up, work over
• Hyponyms:
flagellate, scourge, leather, horsewhip, switch,
cowhide, cat, birch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to trounce the prisoners
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