Thesaurus
present tense third-person singular of baste
Synonyms & Antonyms of bastes
1
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 for bastes
Words Related to bastes
- abuses,
- assails,
- attacks,
- bad-mouths,
- blames,
- blasts,
- censures,
- condemns,
- criticizes,
- crucifies,
- denounces,
- disses
- [slang],
- excoriates,
- faults,
- harangues,
- knocks,
- laces (into),
- lashes,
- pans,
- reprehends,
- reviles,
- scourges,
- slams,
- vituperates
Phrases Synonymous with bastes
Near Antonyms for bastes
2
to strike repeatedly
- basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help
Synonyms for bastes
- bashes,
- bats,
- batters,
- beats,
- belabors,
- belts,
- birches,
- bludgeons,
- buffets,
- bungs up,
- clubs,
- curries,
- does,
- drubs,
- fibs
- [British],
- flogs,
- hammers,
- hides,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- lashes,
- lathers,
- licks,
- mauls,
- messes (up),
- paddles,
- pelts,
- pommels,
- pounds,
- pummels,
- punches out,
- roughs (up),
- slates,
- slogs,
- switches,
- tans,
- thrashes,
- threshes,
- thumps,
- tromps,
- wallops,
- whales,
- whips,
- whops
- (or whaps),
- whups,
- works over
Words Related to bastes
- assails,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- boxes,
- busts,
- chops,
- clobbers,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cudgels,
- cuffs,
- descends (on or upon),
- hits,
- jumps (on),
- knocks,
- lams,
- lays on,
- pastes,
- pounces (on or upon),
- punches,
- raids,
- rushes,
- slams,
- slaps,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- storms,
- swats,
- swipes,
- thwacks,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whomps
Phrases Synonymous with bastes
Keep scrolling for more
Learn More About bastes
Cite this Entry
“Bastes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastes. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
Style: MLA
MLA
Chicago
APA
Merriam-Webster
Chicago
APA
Merriam-Webster
Test Your Vocabulary
Dog Words Quiz
-
- Which of the following animals has a dog in its etymology?
Test your visual vocabulary with our 10-question challenge!
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Words at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
-
Name that Thing: Musical Instruments
Can you correctly identify these musical instrume...
Take the quiz
-
Surprising Latin American Origins Behind Everyday Words
What treat did the Aztecs refer to as "bitter wat...
Take the quiz
-
Name That Thing
Test your visual vocabulary with our 10-question ...
Take the quiz
Share bastes