FLOG Synonyms: 177 Similar and Opposite Words

flog

verb

ˈfläg

as in to whip

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders

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as in to lick

to strike repeatedly was fined heavily for flogging a horse

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as in to stomp

British to move heavily or clumsily for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child

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as in to stumble

British to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away

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Recent Examples of flog There are traditional Finnish saunas (dry heat/steam), infrared saunas (radiant heat), Turkish baths/hammams (can include a venik ritual where guests are flogged with branches) and Russian banyas (high-humidity steam). —

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 Others have called out the boring marketing campaign based around flogging variants in order for Swift to finally beat the record for the biggest opening sales week for a female artist in history (currently held by Adele, which she is likely projected to break). —

Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025 The only thing tougher to watch than the Bengals’ offense on Sunday was Browning flogging himself over the failure. —

Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025 The Black Death and its aftermath saw a great resurgence of apocalyptic flagellation, with thousands of adherents flogging themselves up and down the Continent (the movement failed to take off in England, which figures). —

Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flog

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Those of us who love her were able to finally take a breather on this one when the film bros eventually shut up and were able to admit that Hathaway totally whips ass in this franchise closer.

— Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The younger Franqui, who was out on a more than $1 million bond, was also re-arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after allegedly pistol whipping a person in West Hartford.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026