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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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