trouncing
Lopsided loss inflicted
A trouncing is a thorough defeat or beating.
The word appears most often in sports and competition: The team suffered a 7-0 trouncing.
It implies not just loss but humiliation—the margin matters.
To give someone a trouncing is to beat them badly, whether in a game, election, or physical fight.
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- wallopingPowerful blow or defeat
- whippingRepeated striking blows
lashing · mauling · beating · pummeling · hammering · clobbering · rout · blowout
Sudden tire failure
- shutoutGame with lopsided scoring
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
landslide · upset · runaway · mercy rule · lopsided · one-sided · final score · scoreboard
drubbing
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- wallopingPowerful blow or defeat
whipping · lashing · mauling · beating · pummeling · hammering · clobbering · rout · blowout · wipeout
blowout
Sudden tire failure
rout · landslide · upset · runaway · mercy rule · lopsided · one-sided · final score · scoreboard · standings
crush
Compress with force
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
demolish · annihilate · obliterate · decimate · vanquish · conquer · subjugate · flatten · steamroll · dominate
cream
Rich milk fat
- clobberDefeat or strike decisively
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
hammer · pummel · whomp · whup · smash · trash · smoke · destroy · wreck · murder
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- Beatdownsbeatdown, drubbing, thrashing, blowout, clobbering
- fightsfight, brawl, scuffle, scrap, tussle
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
- steamrollingbulldozing, crushing, flattening, trampling, plowing
- beatingsbeating, thrashing, pummeling, pounding, battering
trouncingvictory
Defeating an opponent
triumph · conquest · win · landslide victory · domination
trouncingclose call
Disaster narrowly averted
squeaker · nail-biter · photo finish · close game · near miss