trounce

trounce is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
2. verb. censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

   Synonyms: berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold

3. verb. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

   "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"

   "We beat the competition"

   Synonyms: beat, crush, shell, vanquish

4. verb. beat severely with a whip or rod

   "The teacher often flogged the students"

   "The children were severely trounced"

   Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip

Synonyms

berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, beat, crush, shell, vanquish, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in trounce:

conteur, cornute, counter, recount

Common word forms

trounced, trouncer, trounces, trouncing

Words from these letters

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