knouting (Meaning)
knouting
a whip for beating criminals as punishment, to strike with a knout, a flogging whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire used (as in czarist Russia) for punishing criminals
Synonyms & Antonyms of knouting
Synonyms:
- pommeling
- pummelling
- lathering
- slogging
- roughing
- bunging
- punching
- clobbering
- mangling
- thumping
- mauling
- belting
- whacking
- bludgeoning
- belaboring
- slating
- basting
- lacing
- banging
- smiting
- slugging
- thwacking
- cracking
- fibbing
- lambasting
- bopping
- pistol-whipping
- tromping
- pelting
- whopping
- batting
- walloping
- swatting
- pounding
- cuffing
- battering
- busting
- paddling
- whapping
- pasting
- clouting
- whupping
- clipping
- hammering
- buffeting
- drubbing
- bashing
- socking
- licking
- pummeling
- swiping
- threshing
knouting Sentence Examples
- The barbaric practice of knouting horrified civilized societies.
- The prisoners endured excruciating knouting as punishment for their crimes.
- The screams of agony from the knouting victims echoed through the prison walls.
- The scars left by knouting were a grim reminder of the brutal treatment.
- Some prisoners were so badly injured by knouting that they died as a result.
- The emperor ordered the knouting of his rebellious subjects to quell resistance.
- The government used knouting as a form of political repression against dissidents.
- The abolition of knouting was a major milestone in human rights progress.
- Historical accounts of knouting provide a chilling insight into the horrors of the past.
- The legacy of knouting still casts a shadow over societies that once tolerated such cruelty.
FAQs About the word knouting
a whip for beating criminals as punishment, to strike with a knout, a flogging whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire used (as in czarist Russia)
whipping, cowhiding, scourging, strapping, thrashing, rawhiding,quirting, flailing, tanning, touching up
No antonyms found.
The barbaric practice of knouting horrified civilized societies.
The prisoners endured excruciating knouting as punishment for their crimes.
The screams of agony from the knouting victims echoed through the prison walls.
The scars left by knouting were a grim reminder of the brutal treatment.
