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brush down vs trounce

trounce vs brush down

brush down and trounce both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
brush down No No Yes No
trounce No No Yes No
As verbs, trounce is a hypernym of brush down; that is, trounce is a word with a broader meaning than brush down:
  • brush down: reprimand
  • trounce: censure severely or angrily
Other hypernyms of brush down include bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task.
brush down (verb) trounce (verb)
reprimand censure severely or angrily
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
beat severely with a whip or rod
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