bashing

The word “bashing” has 2 syllables: bash-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈbæʃ.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for bashing?

In the thesaurus, “bashing” has 269 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bashing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bashing

  • abusing
  • affronting
  • aspersing
  • assailing
  • assault
  • assaulting
  • attack
  • attacking
  • bad-mouthing
  • banging
  • basting
  • battering
  • batting
  • beaning
  • beating
  • beating up
  • beating up on
  • belaboring
  • belittling
  • belting
  • berating
  • besetting
  • bias crime
  • biffing
  • birching
  • blackguarding
  • blackjacking
  • blaspheming
  • blasting
  • blow
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • bouncing
  • boxing
  • braining
  • brushing
  • buffet
  • buffeting
  • bulldozing
  • bump
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunging up
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • caroming
  • castigating
  • censure
  • charge
  • chastising
  • chiding
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • collision
  • concussion
  • condemnation
  • conking
  • contact
  • contacting
  • cowhiding
  • cracking
  • crash
  • crashing
  • creaming
  • criticism
  • criticizing
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • currying
  • cursing
  • decking
  • denigration
  • disparaging
  • doing
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • encounter
  • excoriating
  • execrating
  • felling
  • fibbing
  • flagellating
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • fulminating
  • fustigating
  • glancing
  • goring
  • grazing
  • hammering
  • hanging one on
  • haranguing
  • harassing
  • harassment
  • harrying
  • hate crime
  • hiding
  • hit
  • hitting
  • horsewhipping
  • hounding
  • impact
  • impacting
  • impingement
  • impinging
  • imprecating
  • insulting
  • jabbing
  • jar
  • jolt
  • jostling
  • jounce
  • jumping
  • kick
  • kicking
  • kissing
  • kneeing
  • knock
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacerating
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • lamming
  • landing
  • lashing
  • lathering
  • laying on
  • leathering
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • libeling
  • libelling
  • licking
  • lighting into
  • maiming
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • meeting
  • muscling
  • mutilating
  • nailing
  • nudging
  • offensive
  • paddling
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • persecution
  • pistol-whipping
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • potshotting
  • pounding
  • pressing
  • prodding
  • profaning
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • punching
  • punching out
  • pushing
  • putting down
  • rabbit-punching
  • raiding
  • ramming
  • rap
  • rapping
  • rawhiding
  • rebounding
  • rebuking
  • reprimanding
  • reviling
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • roughing
  • rushing
  • sailing into
  • sapping
  • savaging
  • scathing
  • scolding
  • scourging
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • shaving
  • shock
  • shoving
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • skulling
  • slam
  • slamming
  • slandering
  • slap
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • slating
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • slurring
  • smacking
  • smash
  • smashing
  • smiting
  • socking
  • spanking
  • spearing
  • stabbing
  • stamping
  • storming
  • strapping
  • strike
  • striking
  • stroking
  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tanning
  • tapping
  • thrashing
  • threshing
  • thudding
  • thump
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • torment
  • touch
  • touching
  • traducing
  • trashing
  • tromping
  • tying into
  • vilifying
  • vituperating
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whamming
  • whapping
  • whipping
  • whomping
  • whopping
  • whupping
  • working over
  • wounding
  • zapping

Antonyms for bashing

Meanings of bashing

  • verb
    1. To strike heavily.
    2. To collide.
    3. To criticize harshly.
    4. To masturbate.
    5. To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
  • noun
    1. An instance of bashing; a physical attack.

Example Sentences

  • He kept bashing the door with his fists, demanding to be let in.
  • The article was criticized for bashing the politician without solid evidence.
  • She got in trouble for bashing her classmates during the argument.
  • The kids were bashing the piñata until it finally broke open.
  • Online bashing has become a serious problem in social media communities.

On this page you'll find 278 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bashing, such as: abusing, acclaiming, affronting, aspersing, assailing, assault, assaulting.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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lacing

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  • currying
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  • degrading
  • destruction
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  • downthrow
  • dreadlock
  • drubbing
  • embarrassment
  • embodying
  • enhancing
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  • failure
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  • fall
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  • flavoring
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  • fouling
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  • guy
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  • horsewhipping
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  • incorporating
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  • lace
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  • lambasting
  • lamming
  • lanyard
  • lashing
  • lathering
  • laying on
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  • licking
  • line
  • linking
  • loading
  • loss
  • maiming
  • mangling
  • manipulating
  • massacre
  • mastery
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  • merging
  • mingling
  • misrepresenting
  • mixing
  • moderating
  • mutilating
  • nonsuccess
  • overthrow
  • paddling
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • perfuming
  • pigtail
  • pistol-whipping
  • plait
  • plaiting
  • plat
  • platting
  • pleaching
  • plying
  • poisoning
  • polluting
  • pommeling
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  • pounding
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  • punching
  • punching out
  • qualifying
  • queue
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  • rickrack
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  • rushing
  • salting
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  • savoring
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  • scalping
  • scourging
  • seasoning
  • setback
  • shellacking
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slating
  • slaughter
  • slogging
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • socking
  • soiling
  • sophisticating
  • spanking
  • spicing
  • spiking
  • spoiling
  • stay
  • storming
  • strapping
  • string
  • stripe
  • subjugation
  • sullying
  • swatting
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tainting
  • tanning
  • tempering
  • thinning
  • thrashing
  • threading
  • threshing
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • trap
  • trashing
  • trimming
  • triumph
  • tromping
  • trouncing
  • twisting
  • vanquishment
  • walloping
  • watering down
  • waxing
  • weakening
  • weaving
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whamming
  • whapping
  • whipcord
  • whipping
  • whitewashing
  • whomping
  • whopping
  • whupping
  • wire
  • working over
  • wounding
  • wreathing
  • writhing

nailing

  • abducting
  • affirming
  • apprehending
  • arresting
  • assuring
  • bagging
  • banging
  • bashing
  • battering
  • batting
  • baying
  • beaning
  • beating
  • belting
  • biffing
  • binding
  • blowing the whistle on
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • boxing
  • braining
  • buffeting
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • capturing
  • catching
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clarifying
  • clasping
  • clinching
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • clutching
  • collaring
  • committing
  • concluding
  • confining
  • conking
  • copping
  • cornering
  • corralling
  • cracking
  • creaming
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • debunking
  • deciding
  • decking
  • defining
  • demolishing
  • demonstrating
  • detaining
  • determining
  • disclosing
  • discrediting
  • disproving
  • divulging
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • enchaining
  • ending
  • enmeshing
  • ensnaring
  • ensuring
  • entangling
  • entrapping
  • establishing
  • exposing
  • felling
  • fettering
  • finishing
  • fisting
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • getting
  • glomming
  • gloving
  • grabbing
  • grappling
  • grasping
  • gripping
  • haltering
  • hammering
  • handcuffing
  • hanging one on
  • hitting
  • holding
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  • illuminating
  • immeshing
  • immuring
  • imprisoning
  • incarcerating
  • insuring
  • interning
  • jabbing
  • jailing
  • jostling
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  • kicking
  • kidnaping
  • kidnapping
  • kneeing
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • landing
  • lashing
  • lassoing
  • leveling
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  • licking
  • manacling
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • meshing
  • nabbing
  • netting
  • nicking
  • nobbling
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • picking up
  • pinching
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pounding
  • prodding
  • proving
  • pulling in
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • pushing
  • rabbit-punching
  • rapping
  • rearresting
  • remanding
  • rending
  • restraining
  • roping
  • roughing
  • running in
  • sapping
  • scuffing
  • securing
  • seizing
  • settling
  • shackling
  • shoving
  • showing
  • showing up
  • skulling
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • smacking
  • smiting
  • snagging
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  • snatching
  • socking
  • spearing
  • specifying
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  • stamping
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  • striking
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  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tapping
  • telling
  • thrashing
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • trammeling
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  • trapping
  • uncloaking
  • uncovering
  • undressing
  • unmasking
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  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whipping
  • wresting
  • zapping

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