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cudgelling

verb as in puzzle

verb as in pommel

verb as in club

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Example Sentences

Jogging on over the sand, I sat silent, cudgelling my brains for a solution of the disastrous predicament I had gotten into.

For a second he drummed on the table, clearly cudgelling his brains.

The first is revenge for the wholesome cudgelling which the captain bestowed upon him.

All that day I lay in the dungeon cudgelling my brains for the reason of this new and inexplicable punishment.

They walked away, the little woman still sighing, her escort cudgelling his brain to think of something to say to console her.

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On this page you'll find 412 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cudgelling, such as: assail, berate, castigate, excoriate, scold, and upbraid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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