drubbing
One-sided beating
A drubbing is a thorough beating or defeat.
The word appears most often in sports coverage, where a lopsided loss becomes a drubbing: The team took a drubbing in the playoffs.
It can also mean a physical beating, though this sense is less common now.
To drub is to beat soundly.
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- wallopingPowerful blow or defeat
whitewash · demolition · annihilation · wipeout · massacre · beating · hammering · clobbering
Repeated striking or pulsing
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- poundingForceful repeated striking
walloping · whipping · flogging · lashing · clobbering · hammering · mauling · caning
Harshly criticizing someone
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
- castigationSevere verbal criticism
- beratingHarsh verbal criticism
- tongue-lashingHarsh verbal scolding
dressing-down · rebuke · censure · denunciation · upbraiding · scolding · chastisement · reprimand
Self-conscious unease
- disgraceLoss of honor
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- humblingDiminishing one's pride
- abasementState of being lowered
degradation · indignity · shame · dishonor · demoralization · belittlement · discomfiture · chagrin
rout
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
walloping · whitewash · demolition · annihilation · wipeout · massacre · beating · hammering · clobbering · pounding
beating
Repeated striking or pulsing
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
pounding · walloping · whipping · flogging · lashing · clobbering · hammering · mauling · caning · spanking
lambasting
Harshly criticizing someone
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
- castigationSevere verbal criticism
- beratingHarsh verbal criticism
tongue-lashing · dressing-down · rebuke · censure · denunciation · upbraiding · scolding · chastisement · reprimand · reproach
embarrassment
Self-conscious unease
- disgraceLoss of honor
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- humblingDiminishing one's pride
abasement · degradation · indignity · shame · dishonor · demoralization · belittlement · discomfiture · chagrin · ignominy
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- match resultswin, defeat, draw, tie, victory
- Beatdownsbeatdown, thrashing, trouncing, blowout, clobbering
- beatingsbeating, thrashing, pummeling, pounding, battering
- corporal punishmentflogging, whipping, caning, lashing, beating
- Pro Wrestlingheel, WrestleMania, face turn, Royal Rumble, kayfabe
drubbingvictory
Defeating an opponent
triumph · win · conquest · rout · landslide victory
drubbingsqueaker
Barely-won contest
nail-biter · photo finish · close game · cliffhanger · draw