lambast
verb /læmˈbæst/, /læmˈbeɪst/
/læmˈbæst/, /læmˈbeɪst/
(also lambaste)
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lambast, lambaste | /læmˈbæst/, /læmˈbeɪst/ /læmˈbæst/, /læmˈbeɪst/ |
| he / she / it lambasts, lambastes | /læmˈbæsts/, /læmˈbeɪsts/ /læmˈbæsts/, /læmˈbeɪsts/ |
| past simple lambasted | /læmˈbæstɪd/, /læmˈbeɪstɪd/ /læmˈbæstɪd/, /læmˈbeɪstɪd/ |
| past participle lambasted | /læmˈbæstɪd/, /læmˈbeɪstɪd/ /læmˈbæstɪd/, /læmˈbeɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form lambasting | /læmˈbæstɪŋ/, /læmˈbeɪstɪŋ/ /læmˈbæstɪŋ/, /læmˈbeɪstɪŋ/ |
- lambast somebody/something to attack or criticize somebody/something very severely, especially in public synonym lay into somebody/somethingWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘beat, thrash’): from lam ‘hit hard’ + baste ‘thrash’. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.