to keelhaul

Examples

• All

• If he keeps making mistakes, I will keelhaul him for sure.

• We'll give him tonight to think about it... ...and keelhaul him in the morning.

  Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

• Men have been keelhauled for less.

  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

• Rig the mainsails, or I'll keelhaul the lot of ya!

  Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)

• Mr. Fryer, this man will be keelhauled.

  Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

• I'll have you keelhauled.

  Tideland (2005)

• After the crew's betrayal, the captain vowed to keelhaul the traitors.

• She threatened to keelhaul anyone who disobeyed her orders on the ship.

Synonyms

C

to crucify

vsto keelhaul

• NSFW

32 8.0

To criticize someone or something very harshly, often in public

punishes or criticizes very severely without requiring public display

S

to skin someone alive

vsto keelhaul

• Offensive

6 8.8

To scold or punish someone severely to show strong anger, not a real action

carries a historical literal physical punishment image rather than a purely figurative one

R

to rake over the coals

vsto keelhaul

• Informal

4 7.9

Scold someone very strongly for a mistake

applies harsher punishment or criticism that can imply physical harm or brutality

P

to pillory

vsto keelhaul

• Archaic

1 9.9

To put someone in a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands for public shame

is a severe punishment or criticism that need not use public exposure

Antonyms

R

to reward

328 1.3

To give something to someone to thank them for doing something good

P

praise

161 1.0

Words or actions that show admiration for someone

How Severe

to keelhaul

• NSFW

2 9.9

to punish

821 1.0

to berate

36 7.2

to reprimand

• Formal

33 6.1

to admonish

31 6.8

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