Lambaste

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To give a thrashing to; beat.
  • transitive verb. To scold sharply; berate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat severely; thrash; in sailors' use, to beat with a rope's end.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To beat severely
  • transitive verb. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
  • verb. To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. beat with a cane
  • verb. censure severely or angrily
    • Word Usage
    "My meeting with Senator Nesmith was accidental, but Scott never forgave me, nor did he in fact neglect any opportunity to "lambaste" me after that time."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beat  beat-up  work over  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nast  aced  aghast  amassed  asked  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    admonish  attack  bang  baste  batter  
    verb-form
    lambasted  lambasting  lambasts  
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