Synonyms of lambaste

lambaste

verb

(ˌ)lam-ˈbāst 

variants or lambast

1

as in to scold

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scold
• criticize
• lecture
• reprimand
• blame
• berate
• chastise
• upbraid
• castigate
• admonish
• rag
• flay
• rebuke
• call down
• mock
• rail (at or against)
• attack
• ream (out)
• fault
• jaw
• chew out
• baste
• chide
• reproach
• bawl out
• rant (at)
• lay into
• dress down
• keelhaul
• rate
• hammer
• score
• excoriate
• denounce
• condemn
• read the riot act (to)
• assail
• take to task
• disparage
• revile
• tongue-lash
• crucify
• belittle
• slam
• harangue
• remonstrate (with)
• knock
• reprove
• lash
• ridicule
• bad-mouth
• censure
• scoff
• reprehend
• pan
• vituperate
• blast
• abuse
• scourge
• scorn
• lace (into)
• dis
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• sanction
• praise
• extol
• laud

2

as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• scold
• slam
• criticize
• insult
• excoriate
• assail
• castigate
• savage
• abuse
• blast
• bash
• berate
• jump (on)
• tie into
• vituperate
• harass
• belabor
• potshot
• scathe
• sail into
• curse
• revile
• trash
• disparage
• beat up on
• harangue
• belittle
• chide
• vilify
• blaspheme
• reprimand
• chastise
• light into
• affront
• execrate
• slander
• harry
• bad-mouth
• asperse
• libel
• slur
• whip
• profane
• imprecate
• fulminate
• blackguard
• traduce
• rebuke
• lash (out)
• lace (into)
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commend
• praise
• compliment
• hail
• laud
• acclaim

3

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• hide
• lash
• do
• pound
• slap
• whip
• beat
• pelt
• hit
• knock
• attack
• slam
• pummel
• smash
• spank
• thump
• bash
• assault
• bludgeon
• punch
• batter
• chop
• bat
• flog
• maul
• smack
• drub
• thrash
• belabor
• work over
• baste
• club
• punch out
• whack
• slate
• rough (up)
• hammer
• switch
• raid
• swipe
• lather
• whup
• assail
• paddle
• box
• buffet
• whop
• tromp
• slog
• thresh
• curry
• tan
• belt
• mess (up)
• fib
• wallop
• beat up on
• storm
• whale
• wound
• rush
• pommel
• birch
• swat
• clobber
• bung up
• crack
• lace
• cudgel
• beset
• descend (on or upon)
• paste
• lay on
• clout
• jump (on)
• thwack
• flagellate
• whomp
• wham
• cuff
• pounce (on or upon)
• lam
• horsewhip
• lacerate
• bust
• strap
• sock
• scourge
• leather
• cane
• mutilate
• maim
• mangle
• blackjack
• pistol-whip
• fustigate
• rawhide
• gore
• cowhide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lambaste

At the March sentencing hearing, Stephens’ widow lambasted the plea deal as inadequate. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Will Oscar and guild voters want to throw their weight behind a movie that lambastes the very technology that threatens their existence? — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 July 2026

The social media buzz escalated, with hundreds of accounts weighing in on the issue, many of which lambasted Sullivan and USA Fencing while praising Turner. — Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Trying to shed ‘nice-guy tendencies’ Jeff Whittington stands in front of the room, flashes a boyish smile, and prepares to be lambasted. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

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