Flailed

/fleɪld/

Synonyms for "flailed" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Verb(3 words)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (7)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
adjective of stateagricultural processbehaviordescriptive termfigurative descriptorgrain processingmotionmotion descriptormovementparticiple adjective

More specific

12 entries
arm flailingarm thrashingarm wavingbeat barleybeat wheatimprovised tacticlimb thrashingpanic driven responsepanic movementstorm battered flagthrashingwind driven banner

Collocations

12 entries
arm flailingflail motionflailed aboutflailed armsflailed aroundflailed limbsflailed responseflailed wildlyfrantic movementpanic movementthresh grainthreshing floor

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

7 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Zipang The Power Polack, a ferocious Polish berserker, flailed around wildly, charging into enemy ranks crazily without armor.

Source: tatoeba (745552)

Bruno suddenly woke up and flailed around.

Source: tatoeba (11679140)

He flailed his arms wildly.

Source: tatoeba (12824216)

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