Thesaurus / tarring
other words for tarring
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- assail
- contravene
- tar
- attack
- blast
- break
- contradict
- cross
- deny
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- question
- resist
- slam
- smear
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- call into question
- cast aspersions upon
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- cut to shreds
- disaffirm
- pin something on
- put down
- run down
- skin alive
- stick it to
- swipe at
- throw doubt on
- throw the book at
- thumb nose at
- zing
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The men left their tarring and caulking under the drying-stages.
THE HARBOR MASTERTHEODORE GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Hamilton had already turned to Tarring and he wheeled with a snap in his voice.
DESTINYCHARLES NEVILLE BUCK
Once we thought of tarring him; but a tarred horse would be nearly as plain to be noticed as a skew-bald.
A KING'S COMRADECHARLES WHISTLER
I think that captain deserved tarring and feathering, anyway,' one of the men said to me.
A VOYAGE IN THE 'SUNBEAM'ANNIE ALLNUT BRASSEY
The roof he was tarring was a little above him, with the result that he himself was fairly covered with sprinklings of the tar.
THE CHRONICLES OF A GAY GORDONJOS MARIA GORDON
They worked at the rope-tarring till suppertime, then rose wearily, stretching, and went for their salt-horse and biscuit.
THE BLACK BUCCANEERSTEPHEN W. MEADER
Between Salvington and Worthing lies Tarring, noted for its fig gardens.
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS IN SUSSEXE.V. LUCAS
She pictures New Englanders as tarring and feathering cultivated English ladies.
WASHINGTON AND HIS COMRADES IN ARMSGEORGE WRONG
Till about 1830 lynching never meant killing; it was applied only to whippings or to tarring and feathering.
THE SOUTHERN SOUTHALBERT BUSHNELL HART
Mr. Tarring was also a specialist in ideas and from his confidence of bearing one seemed to derive a snap of electric energy.
DESTINYCHARLES NEVILLE BUCK