fustigation

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Meaning

1. noun A beating with a club, rod, stick, etc.; a cudgeling.
2. noun Any kind of beating or flagellation.
3. noun a harsh verbal assault

Similar words

flogging bludgeoning bastinado cudgelling pummelling scourging whacking battering lambasting bastinade

Word family

fustigate fustigated fustigates fustigating fustigations