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tanned
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flog, whip |
| Synonyms: | baste, beat, belt, cane, dust someone's britches, flay, hide, hit, lambaste, lash, leather, paddle, paddlewhack, punish, spank, strap, strike, switch, tan one's hide, thrash, warm someone's seat, wax, whack, whale, whomp |
| Main Entry: | tawny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brownish |
| Synonyms: | beige, bronze, brown, dusky, olive, swarthy, tanned |
| Main Entry: | brunette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dark |
| Synonyms: | bistered, brown, brunet, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
| Notes: | brunet(te) is seldom applied to males; brunette is a diminutive of French brun 'brown' |
| Antonyms: | blond, blonde |
| Main Entry: | weather-beaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | toughened |
| Synonyms: | bronzed, coarsened, damaged, roughened, rugged, sunburned, tanned |
| Main Entry: | brunet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark |
| Synonyms: | brunette, dusky, olive-skinned, swarthy, tanned |
| Notes: | brunet(te) is seldom applied to males; brunette is a diminutive of French brun 'brown' |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, relent, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
| Synonyms: | beat, cane, clobber, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip |
| Main Entry: | flagellate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat the living daylights out of, belt, flay, flog, hit, lash, spank, tan someone's hide, tan*, thrash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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