lambaste

lam·baste

transitive verb \(ˌ)lam-ˈbāst, -ˈbast; ˈlam-ˌ\

Definition of LAMBASTE

1

: to assault violently : beat, whip

2

: to attack verbally : censure <critics lambasted his performance>

Variants of LAMBASTE

lam·baste or lam·bast \(ˌ)lam-ˈbāst, -ˈbast; ˈlam-ˌ\

Examples of LAMBASTE

1. The coach lambasted the team for its poor play.
2. They wrote several letters lambasting the new law.

Origin of LAMBASTE

probably from ¹lam + baste

First Known Use: 1620

Related to LAMBASTE

Synonyms

baste, bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, scold (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, score, tongue-lash, upbraid

Related Words

admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove; abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate; belittle, disparage, mock, put down; ridicule, scoff, scorn

Near Antonyms

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; extol (also extoll), laud, praise

Rhymes with LAMBASTE

bald-faced, barefaced, bold-faced, distaste, dough-faced, foretaste, impaste, lightfaced, moonfaced, pie-faced, po-faced, posthaste, self-paced, shamefaced, shirtwaist, snail-paced, slipcased, stone-faced, straight-faced, straitlaced, toothpaste, two-faced, unchaste, unplaced, white-faced