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lambaste
(redirected from lambastes)

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lam·baste  (lm-bst)
tr.v. lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes Informal
1. To give a thrashing to; beat. See Synonyms at beat.
2. To scold sharply; berate.

[Perhaps lam + baste.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.lambaste - beat with a cane
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
2.lambastelambaste - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
Translations
lambaste يَنْتَقِد pomluvit brokke sig over runtermachen υποβιβάζω poner por los suelos haukkua pataluhaksi critiquer ogovarati sparlare けなす 혹평하다 afkraken fjerne slagg obsmarować criticar критиковать tala illa om ตะโกนใส่ hakkında kötü konuşmak nói xấu 除渣


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