drubbing
/ˈdrʌbɪŋ
/noun
1A beating; a thrashing: I’ll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I can!...
- Their relationship then collapsed under the weight of critical drubbings.
- The first motivating force was the critical drubbing that 2002's Come With Us album received.
- The book endured its share of critical drubbings as well, including a review from The London Times that claimed the book would only appeal to readers with strong hearts and weak intellects.
Synonyms
beating, thrashing, walloping, thumping, battering, pounding, pummelling, slapping, smacking, punching, bludgeoning, thwacking, cuffing, buffeting, mauling, pelting, lambasting;
whipping, flogging, flaying, birching, cudgelling, clubbing
informal hammering, licking, clobbering, belting, bashing, pasting, whacking, slugging, tanning, biffing, bopping, hiding, beating-up, duffing-up, doing-over, working-over, kicking
1.1 informal A resounding defeat in a match or contest: Scotland’s 3-0 drubbing by France...
- She's been the hottest skip on the ice this week and impressed me from the get-go with her opening match drubbing of Team Canada.
- Following closely on the Dutchmen's heels are the Czech Republic, who remain one point behind following a resounding 6-1 drubbing of Macedonia.
- Duncan Fletcher, England's coach, has called for calm after England's embarrassing drubbings in the last two NatWest Series matches.
Synonyms
defeat, beating, trouncing, rout, loss, vanquishing, crushing
informal licking, thrashing, clobbering