Flailed

//fleɪld//

Synonyms for "flailed" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

thrash bang baste bastinado batter beat belabor belt birch buffer buffet cane club cowhide cudgel cut cut and thrust

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (26)

drub feint flagellate flail at flail away at flap flog fustigate give a whipping give the stick hammer hide hit at horsewhip knock knout lace lambaste larrup lash

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lash out at lathe lather lay on

Noun(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

Related words (43)

let drive at let fly at lunge at maul nunchaku paste patter pelt pistol whip pistol-whip poke at pommel pound pulverize pummel rap rawhide scourge slash sledgehammer

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smite spank strap strike at strike out at stripe swing at swing on swinge switch thresh thrust at thump tool trounce truncheon wallop whale whip whop

Noun(2 words)

thrashel threshel

Verb(1 words)

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Sample sentences

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

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Bruno suddenly woke up and flailed around.

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He flailed his arms wildly.

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