Synonyms of flagellates

flagellates

verb

present tense third-person singular of flagellate

as in whips

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• hides
• slashes
• flicks
• whales
• switches
• flails
• lashes
• thrashes
• scourges
• flogs
• leathers
• licks
• spanks
• horsewhips
• tans
• slaps
• hits
• bats
• cuts
• birches
• knocks
• punches
• clips
• mauls
• bangs
• straps
• pounds
• whacks
• beats
• swipes
• smacks
• cowhides
• rawhides
• claps
• clubs
• canes
• boxes
• quirts
• slugs
• thumps
• socks
• swats
• pelts
• knouts
• cudgels
• paddles
• bashes
• cuffs
• thwacks
• belts
• smites
• cracks
• pastes
• clouts
• pistol-whips
• threshes
• lams
• buffets
• touches up
• slates
• hammers
• batters
• works over
• bludgeons
• lathers
• clobbers
• belabors
• pummels
• bops
• laces
• roughs
• lambasts
• bastes
• lambastes
• mangles
• wallops
• fustigates
• fibs
• busts
• blackjacks
• slogs
• pommels
• drubs
• whaps
• whops
• tromps
• bungs
• whups