lambaste

lam·baste

 (lăm-bāst′, -băst′)

tr.v. lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes

1. To give a thrashing to; beat.

2. To scold sharply; berate: lambasted the workers for the shoddy construction.

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[Perhaps lam + baste.]

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lam•baste

or lam•bast

(læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæst)

v.t. Informal.

1. to beat or whip severely.

2. to reprimand harshly; berate.

[1630–40; appar. lam + baste³]

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lambaste

Past participle: lambasted
Gerund: lambasting

Imperative

lambaste

lambaste

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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"

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lambaste

verb

1. Informal. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:

assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.

Slang: clobber.

Idiom: rain blows on.

2. Informal. To criticize for a fault or an offense:

admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.

Informal: bawl out.

Slang: chew out.

Idioms: bring to task, call on the carpet, haul over the coals, let someone have it.

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Translations

يَنْتَقِدُ

pomluvit

brokke sig over

runtermachen

δυσφημώ

poner por los suelos

sättiä

critiquer

ogovarati

sparlare

けなす

혹평하다

afkraken

fjerne slagg

obsmarować

criticar

критиковать

tala illa om

ด่าว่า

hakkında kötü konuşmak

nói xấu

诋毁

lambaste

→ يَنْتَقِدُ pomluvit brokke sig over runtermachen δυσφημώ poner por los suelos sättiä critiquer ogovarati sparlare けなす 혹평하다 afkraken fjerne slagg obsmarować criticar критиковать tala illa om ด่าว่า hakkında kötü konuşmak nói xấu 诋毁

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