scourged
Beaten with cords
Scourged is the past tense of scourge, meaning to whip or flog severely, especially as punishment.
The word carries biblical weight—Christ was scourged before crucifixion.
Figuratively, to be scourged is to be afflicted or devastated: a region scourged by famine, scourged by guilt.
Beaten with a whip
- whippedStruck repeatedly, or defeated
- lashedFastened with bindings
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- flagellatedWhipped as punishment
chastised · disciplined · thrashed · switched · caned · birched · striped · flayed
Severely damaged or destroyed
- plaguedPersistently afflicted
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- blightedHarmed by destructive force
cursed · tormented · decimated · swept · ruined · destroyed · besieged · pestilence
One showing remorse
- mortifiedIntensely embarrassed
- flagellantOne who scourges for penance
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
suffering · redemption · crucified · martyred · purified · sanctified · pilgrimage · ascetic
flogged
Beaten with a whip
flagellated · chastised · disciplined · thrashed · switched · caned · birched · striped · flayed · castigated
ravaged
Severely damaged or destroyed
- plaguedPersistently afflicted
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
blighted · cursed · tormented · decimated · swept · ruined · destroyed · besieged · pestilence · famine
penitent
One showing remorse
- mortifiedIntensely embarrassed
- flagellantOne who scourges for penance
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
penance · suffering · redemption · crucified · martyred · purified · sanctified · pilgrimage · ascetic · self-denial
scrubbed
Cleaned thoroughly or canceled
cleaned · stripped · rubbed · burnished · polished · roughened · eroded · sandblasted · exfoliated · buffed