Mauling [verb]

Definition of Mauling:

mangle, abuse

Synonyms of Mauling:

● Lacerate

● Pummel

● Drub

● Mug

● Bludgeon

● Trample

● Thrash

● Molest

● Beat up

● Rough up

● Pound

● Skin

● Whip

● Paw

● Pelt

● Maltreat

● Wax

● Hit

● Beat

● Flagellate

● Buffet

● Hurt

● Bang

● Batter

● Paste

● Bash

● Flail

● Ill-treat

● Clean

● Lash

● Claw

● Muscle

● Knock about

● Break face

● Handle roughly

● Knock around

● Lean on

● Let have it

● Put in the hospital

● Take care of

● Work over


Opposite/Antonyms of Mauling:

● Take care

● Maintain

● Help

● Lose

● Guard

● Assist

● Aid

● Surrender

● Protect


Sentence/Example of Mauling:

Only three of 'em, but they're all over the place—climbing on you, mauling you, tripping you up.

I wondered what men were beneath it and what mauling they were receiving.

Lying on my cushions, mauling my things, running my engine for all I know.

And it was only after months of suffering that Williams finally recovered from the mauling.

Had they but known it, he despised them too greatly to think of mauling them.

If you do not soon disappear from here, my friend, you may come in for some mauling.

Then he took it to the bank in shallow water, mauling it about, biting and gnawing at it.

The House of Commons goes on in mauling the late Ministry and their proceedings.

Sadly she missed the petting and the mauling of the children.

The boy had leaped from the sled and was mauling the rough coat playfully.