drubbings
One-sided crushing losses
Drubbings is the plural of drubbing—a thorough beating or decisive defeat.
The word appears in both physical and figurative contexts: The boxer took a drubbing in the third round.
In sports and competition, a drubbing is a lopsided loss: The team suffered back-to-back drubbings to end the season.
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- poundingForceful repeated striking
walloping · clobbering · flogging · lashing · whipping · bashing · mauling · hammering
Overwhelming defeat
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
walloping · whitewash · blowout · annihilation · crushing · demolition · pasting · mauling
Harshly criticizing someone
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
- savagingAttacking with ferocity
- roastingCooking with dry heat
- flayingRemoving skin from body
pillorying · censure · condemnation · rebuke · castigation · tongue-lashing · dressing-down · scolding
thrashing
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
pounding · walloping · clobbering · flogging · lashing · whipping · bashing · mauling · hammering · spanking
trouncing
Overwhelming defeat
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
hammering · walloping · whitewash · blowout · annihilation · crushing · demolition · pasting · mauling · clobbering
lambasting
Harshly criticizing someone
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
- savagingAttacking with ferocity
- roastingCooking with dry heat
flaying · pillorying · censure · condemnation · rebuke · castigation · tongue-lashing · dressing-down · scolding · berating
- thrashingsbeatings, thrashings, whippings, floggings, lickings
drubbingsnail-biters
Suspenseful, closely contested events
squeakers · photo finishes · draws · ties · dead heats
drubbingsthrashings
Severe beatings or defeats
routs · blowouts · landslides · walkovers · romps