Antonyms for flail
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1. flailverb

   Synonyms:
   thrash

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1. flailverb

   an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

2. thrash, thresh, lam, flailverb

   give a thrashing to; beat hard

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, slam dance, mosh, run, toss, thrash, break away, run away, bat, convulse, slam, slash, jactitate, clobber, lick, hightail it, bunk, scat, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, drub, cream, head for the hills, take to the woods, thresh, thrash about, escape, lam

3. flail, threshverb

   move like a flail; thresh about

   "Her arms were flailing"

   Synonyms:
   toss, thresh, jactitate, lam, convulse, thrash, slash, thrash about, thresh about

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1. calm, still

   the opposite of waving or swinging wildly would to be still or calm

   the girl flailed about wildly when the nurse approached with the shot. vs. the girl sat calmly when the nurse approached with the shot.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 23, 2020  

How to use flail in a sentence?

1. James Macdonald:

   He was starting to flail about and get extremely panicked.

2. John Bolte:

   But [for] someone that’s older, a couple of rib fractures, flail chest, problems breathing, pneumonia— it can really build up and cause a lot more issues.

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