roughing (up) Synonyms
Strongest:
- working-over
- knocking
- pelting
- pounding
- whipping
- licking
- beating
- messing-up-
- hiding
- punching-out
- lashing
- attacking
- doing
- slapping
- hitting
- battering
Strong:
- boxing
- descending-on-or-upon-
- switching
- slamming
- belting
- walloping
- basting
- threshing
- pummelling
- pommeling
- belaboring
- pommelling
- paddling
- storming
- smashing
- pummeling
- whacking
- lambasting
- fibbing
- mauling
- thrashing
- jumping-on-
- raiding
- hammering
- whapping
- bludgeoning
- laying-on
- flogging
- whopping
- tanning
- beating-up-on
- slogging
- thumping
- lathering
- batting
- clubbing
- wounding
- bunging-up
- buffeting
- spanking
- drubbing
- slating
- lacing
- currying
- whaling
- bashing
- punching
- smacking
- pouncing-on-or-upon-
- chopping
- assaulting
Weak:
- clouting
- rawhiding
- goring
- cracking
- mutilating
- lacerating
- blackjacking
- strapping
- birching
- cowhiding
- socking
- whupping
- flagellating
- caning
- cudgeling
- busting
- cuffing
- besetting
- lamming
- swatting
- cudgelling
- whamming
- whomping
- scourging
- clobbering
- fustigating
- tromping
- thwacking
- assailing
- swiping
- pasting
- rushing
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roughing (up) Meaning
roughing (up)
to hit and hurt (someone)
roughing (up) Sentence Examples
- The roughing up of the surface gave the metal a more rustic appearance.
- The police searched the suspects, roughing them up in the process.
- He roughed up the paper to create a more textured effect.
- The roughing up of the opponent in the hockey game resulted in a penalty.
- The hikers had their clothes roughed up by the dense undergrowth.
- The roughing up of the child by his parents was deeply disturbing.
- The pounding waves roughed up the coastline, eroding away the cliffs.
- The roughing up of the suspect's confession by the police was deemed inadmissible as evidence.
- The roughing up of the old barn gave it a charming, weathered look.
- The aggressive style of the player led to him being accused of roughing up the other team's players.
FAQs About the word roughing (up)
to hit and hurt (someone)
working over, knocking, pelting, pounding, whipping,licking, beating, messing (up), hiding, punching out
caressing, fondling, petting, caring (for), coddling, fostering,pampering,nurturing, mollycoddling
The roughing up of the surface gave the metal a more rustic appearance.
The police searched the suspects, roughing them up in the process.
He roughed up the paper to create a more textured effect.
The roughing up of the opponent in the hockey game resulted in a penalty.
