Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense lambasts, present participle lambasting, past tense, past participle lambastedregional note: in AM, usually use lambaste(læmbeɪst)
verb
If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public.
[formal]
Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: reprimand, carpet [informal], flame [informal], censure More Synonyms of lambast
More Synonyms of lambast
lambast in British English
(læmˈbæst) or lambaste (læmˈbeɪst)
verb(transitive)
1.
to beat or whip severely
2.
to reprimand or scold
Word origin
C17: perhaps from lam1 + baste3
Synonyms of 'lambast'
reprimand, carpet, flame, censure
beat, strike, whip, thrash
More Synonyms of lambast
1 (verb)
Definition
to reprimand severely
He took every opportunity to lambast their organization.
Synonyms
reprimand
He was reprimanded by a teacher.
carpet (informal)
flame (informal)
censure
I would not presume to censure him for his views.
rebuke
They have been seriously rebuked.
scold
If he finds out, he'll scold me.
berate
Marion berated Joe for the noise he made.
castigate
She castigated him for having no intellectual interests.
tear into (informal)
flay
The critics flayed him with accusations of misanthropy.
read the riot act
upbraid
Eleanor upbraided him for things he'd left undone.
slap on the wrist
bawl out (informal)
excoriate
rap over the knuckles
chew out (US, Canadian, informal)
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal)
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal)
criticize severely
2 (verb)
Definition
to beat severely
Synonyms
beat
He lost the boxing match and was badly beaten by his opponent.
strike
She took two steps forward and struck him across the mouth.
whip
Eyewitnesses claimed he whipped the horse up to 16 times.
thrash
He was thrashed with a cane until his skin turned red.
flog
He never flogs his horse no matter how slowly she goes.
bludgeon
He got into a fight and was badly bludgeoned.
cosh (British)
cudgel
He was beaten, cudgelled, and subjected to various dangers.
drub
Additional synonyms
in the sense of berate
Definition
to scold harshly
Marion berated Joe for the noise he made.
Synonyms
scold,
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproach,
blast,
carpet (informal),
put down,
criticize,
slate (informal, British),
censure,
castigate,
revile,
chide,
harangue,
tear into (informal),
tell off (informal),
rail at,
flame (informal),
diss (slang),
read the riot act to,
reprove,
upbraid,
slap on the wrist,
lambast(e),
bawl out (informal),
excoriate,
rap over the knuckles,
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal),
vituperate
in the sense of bludgeon
Definition
to hit as if with a bludgeon
He got into a fight and was badly bludgeoned.
Synonyms
club,
batter,
beat,
strike,
belt (informal),
clobber (slang),
pound,
cosh (British),
cudgel,
beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
in the sense of castigate
Definition
to find fault with or reprimand (a person) harshly
She castigated him for having no intellectual interests.
Synonyms
reprimand,
blast,
carpet (informal),
flame (informal),
put down,
criticize,
lash,
slate (informal, British),
censure,
rebuke,
scold,
berate,
dress down (informal),
chastise,
chasten,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
read the riot act,
slap on the wrist,
lambast(e),
bawl out (informal),
excoriate,
rap over the knuckles,
haul over the coals (informal),
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal)
Nearby words of
lambast
lake
lam
lama
lambast
lambent
lamblike
lame
Synonyms of 'lambast'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of censure
Definition
to criticize (someone or something) severely
I would not presume to censure him for his views.
Synonyms
criticize,
blame,
abuse,
condemn,
carpet (informal),
flame (informal),
denounce,
put down,
slate (informal),
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproach,
scold,
berate,
castigate,
chide,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
blast,
read the riot act,
reprove,
upbraid,
slap on the wrist,
damn,
lambast(e),
bawl out (informal),
excoriate,
rap over the knuckles,
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give (someone) a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal),
reprehend
in the sense of cudgel
He was beaten, cudgelled, and subjected to various dangers.
Synonyms
beat,
batter,
thrash,
thump,
bang,
cane,
pound,
bludgeon,
pummel,
baste,
cosh (British),
thwack,
drub,
beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
in the sense of excoriate
Definition
to censure severely
Synonyms
attack,
blast,
condemn,
slam (slang),
carpet (informal),
flame (informal),
denounce,
put down,
criticize,
slate (informal, British),
censure,
rebuke,
reproach,
scold,
berate,
castigate,
revile,
vilify,
chastise,
tear into (informal),
flay,
diss (slang),
read the riot act,
reprove,
upbraid,
lambast(e),
bawl out (informal),
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of flay
Definition
to criticize severely
The critics flayed him with accusations of misanthropy.
Synonyms
upbraid,
slam (slang),
castigate,
revile,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
excoriate,
tear a strip off,
execrate,
pull to pieces (informal),
give a tongue-lashing,
criticize severely,
flame (informal)
in the sense of flog
Definition
to beat harshly, esp. with a whip or stick
He never flogs his horse no matter how slowly she goes.
Synonyms
beat,
whip,
lash,
thrash,
whack,
scourge,
hit hard,
trounce,
castigate,
chastise,
flay,
lambast(e),
flagellate,
punish severely,
beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
in the sense of rebuke
Definition
to scold sternly
They have been seriously rebuked.
Synonyms
scold,
censure,
reprimand,
reproach,
blame,
lecture,
carpet (informal),
berate,
tick off (informal),
castigate,
chide,
dress down (informal),
admonish,
tear into (informal),
tell off (informal),
take to task,
read the riot act,
reprove,
upbraid,
bawl out (informal),
haul (someone) over the coals (informal),
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (informal),
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal),
reprehend,
chew (someone's) ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang)
in the sense of scold
Definition
to find fault with or rebuke (a person) harshly
If he finds out, he'll scold me.
Synonyms
reprimand,
censure,
rebuke,
rate,
blame,
lecture,
carpet (informal),
slate (informal, British),
nag,
go on at,
reproach,
berate,
tick off (informal),
castigate,
chide,
tear into (informal),
tell off (informal),
find fault with,
remonstrate with,
bring (someone) to book,
take (someone) to task,
read the riot act,
reprove,
upbraid,
bawl out (informal),
give (someone) a talking-to (informal),
haul (someone) over the coals (informal),
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
give (someone) a dressing-down (informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal),
vituperate,
give (someone) a row,
have (someone) on the carpet (informal)
in the sense of strike
Definition
to hit (someone)
She took two steps forward and struck him across the mouth.
Synonyms
hit,
smack,
thump,
pound,
beat,
box,
knock,
punch,
hammer,
deck (slang),
slap,
sock (slang),
chin (slang),
buffet,
clout (informal),
cuff,
clump (slang),
swipe,
clobber (slang),
smite,
wallop (informal),
lambast(e),
lay a finger on (informal),
lay one on (slang),
beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
in the sense of thrash
Definition
to beat (someone), esp. with a stick or whip
He was thrashed with a cane until his skin turned red.
Synonyms
beat,
wallop,
whip,
hide (informal),
belt (informal),
leather,
tan (slang),
cane,
lick (informal),
paste (slang),
birch,
flog,
scourge,
spank,
clobber (slang),
lambast(e),
flagellate,
horsewhip,
give someone a (good) hiding (informal),
drub,
take a stick to,
beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
in the sense of upbraid
Definition
to scold or reproach
Eleanor upbraided him for things he'd left undone.
Synonyms
scold,
rebuke,
reprimand,
blame,
condemn,
lecture,
carpet (informal),
censure,
reproach,
berate,
castigate,
chide,
admonish,
tear into (informal),
read someone the riot act,
tell someone off (informal),
reprove,
take someone to task,
tick someone off (informal),
excoriate,
chew someone out (US, Canadian, informal),
bawl someone out (informal),
dress someone down (informal),
tear someone off a strip (British, informal),
give someone a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal),
slap someone on the wrist,
rap someone over the knuckles
Additional synonyms
in the sense of whip
Definition
to hit with a whip
Eyewitnesses claimed he whipped the horse up to 16 times.