Synonyms of bastes

bastes

verb

present tense third-person singular of baste

1

as in scolds

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

a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolds
• lectures
• reprimands
• blames
• criticizes
• upbraids
• berates
• lambasts
• flays
• admonishes
• chastises
• rags
• jaws
• lambastes
• rails (at or against)
• castigates
• reproaches
• mocks
• calls down
• rants (at)
• bawls out
• lays into
• rebukes
• reams (out)
• faults
• dresses down
• hammers
• attacks
• takes to task
• scores
• chides
• reviles
• reads the riot act (to)
• rates
• keelhauls
• tongue-lashes
• pans
• chews out
• assails
• reproves
• excoriates
• crucifies
• disparages
• denounces
• slams
• knocks
• condemns
• belittles
• harangues
• remonstrates (with)
• ridicules
• abuses
• censures
• lashes
• scourges
• scoffs
• laces (into)
• bad-mouths
• scorns
• blasts
• reprehends
• vituperates
• disses
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• indorses
• sanctions
• extols
• praises
• lauds
• extolls

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• pounds
• whips
• lashes
• does
• pelts
• slaps
• beats
• knocks
• batters
• thumps
• chops
• spanks
• threshes
• punches
• hits
• lathers
• attacks
• slams
• assaults
• smashes
• lambasts
• whaps
• mauls
• pummels
• lambastes
• tans
• bashes
• thrashes
• flogs
• smacks
• bats
• bludgeons
• works over
• curries
• wounds
• belabors
• boxes
• hammers
• paddles
• slates
• switches
• laces
• wallops
• belts
• whacks
• drubs
• tromps
• whops
• slogs
• buffets
• clubs
• fibs
• whales
• punches out
• raids
• swipes
• whups
• roughs (up)
• storms
• messes (up)
• clouts
• assails
• rushes
• swats
• whams
• lams
• pommels
• pastes
• thwacks
• straps
• cracks
• beats up on
• besets
• birches
• clobbers
• socks
• lacerates
• bungs up
• cuffs
• lays on
• mutilates
• gores
• leathers
• jumps (on)
• descends (on or upon)
• flagellates
• whomps
• scourges
• busts
• maims
• cudgels
• mangles
• canes
• pounces (on or upon)
• horsewhips
• cowhides
• fustigates
• rawhides
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks