lambaste (redirected from lambasting)

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.

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[Perhaps lam + baste.]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	lambaste - beat with a cane cane, lambast, flog 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.	lambaste - 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" call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, take to task, rebuke, reprimand, call down, lambast, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag 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

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