Synonyms of flagellating

flagellating

verb

present participle of flagellate

as in whipping

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

• whipping
• hiding
• slashing
• lashing
• flicking
• flailing
• flogging
• slapping
• switching
• scourging
• thrashing
• cutting
• hitting
• licking
• tanning
• knocking
• punching
• spanking
• banging
• horsewhipping
• leathering
• pounding
• smacking
• strapping
• whaling
• batting
• birching
• whacking
• mauling
• rawhiding
• clipping
• beating
• cowhiding
• swiping
• cudgeling
• swatting
• clapping
• cudgelling
• caning
• thumping
• boxing
• pelting
• battering
• socking
• bashing
• clubbing
• thwacking
• pummeling
• clouting
• cuffing
• mangling
• slugging
• lathering
• hammering
• pasting
• smiting
• paddling
• cracking
• bopping
• clobbering
• pistol-whipping
• pummelling
• knouting
• lambasting
• buffeting
• belting
• slogging
• walloping
• busting
• bludgeoning
• touching up
• quirting
• slating
• roughing
• bunging
• blackjacking
• belaboring
• basting
• fibbing
• working over
• lacing
• threshing
• drubbing
• tromping
• whapping
• fustigating
• whopping
• pommeling
• whupping
• pommelling
• lamming