All bludgeoning synonyms

verb bludgeoning

• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
• hector — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
• intimidate — to make timid; fill with fear.
• coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
• harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
• oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
• badger — A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• terrorize — to fill or overcome with terror.
• torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
• torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
• persecute — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
• bash — A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
• clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
• pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
• whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• faze — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
• unnerve — to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
• appall — If something appalls you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
• rattle — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
• daunt — If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
• strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
• hurtle — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
• fling — to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
• shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
• lunge — a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
• slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
• hurl — to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
• throw — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
• terrify — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• lacerate — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
• drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
• mug — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
• trample — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
• molest — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
• beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
• rough up — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.