Synonyms of basting

basting

verb

present participle of baste

1

as in scolding

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

• scolding
• lecturing
• reprimanding
• criticizing
• blaming
• flaying
• upbraiding
• berating
• ragging
• ranting (at)
• reaming (out)
• calling down
• jawing
• dressing down
• scoring
• admonishing
• reproaching
• hammering
• mocking
• bawling out
• attacking
• railing (at or against)
• castigating
• lambasting
• rebuking
• chastising
• rating
• chewing out
• laying into
• faulting
• keelhauling
• tongue-lashing
• lashing
• reading the riot act (to)
• taking to task
• panning
• remonstrating (with)
• chiding
• reproving
• reviling
• haranguing
• slamming
• denouncing
• blasting
• knocking
• condemning
• belittling
• excoriating
• scourging
• abusing
• disparaging
• crucifying
• lacing (into)
• censuring
• bad-mouthing
• assailing
• vituperating
• ridiculing
• scoffing
• scorning
• reprehending
• dissing
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• praising
• extolling
• lauding

2

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• lashing
• pounding
• whipping
• hiding
• doing
• batting
• slapping
• battering
• punching
• beating
• chopping
• currying
• attacking
• knocking
• tanning
• pelting
• thumping
• spanking
• hitting
• smashing
• lathering
• threshing
• paddling
• switching
• slamming
• assaulting
• bashing
• slating
• hammering
• lacing
• working over
• pummeling
• belting
• whaling
• thrashing
• boxing
• mauling
• punching out
• bludgeoning
• swiping
• lambasting
• smacking
• whacking
• fibbing
• flogging
• belaboring
• clubbing
• raiding
• slogging
• whopping
• roughing (up)
• messing (up)
• buffeting
• birching
• whupping
• wounding
• tromping
• cracking
• drubbing
• rushing
• descending (on or upon)
• storming
• bunging up
• beating up on
• pasting
• walloping
• strapping
• thwacking
• swatting
• caning
• cuffing
• jumping (on)
• pommeling
• pouncing (on or upon)
• laying on
• socking
• busting
• scourging
• flagellating
• cudgeling
• clobbering
• goring
• leathering
• assailing
• clouting
• whamming
• lamming
• maiming
• lacerating
• besetting
• whomping
• mutilating
• mangling
• fustigating
• horsewhipping
• pistol-whipping
• cowhiding
• rawhiding
• blackjacking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of basting

Reserve the leftover marinade for basting during cooking. — Lexi Harrison, Midwest Living, 10 June 2026

Three hours at medium low heat with an adobada marinade, basting every hour or so. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

Cook, covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest portion of chicken breast registers 160°F and thighs and legs register 180°F, 25 to 30 minutes, basting every 5 minutes. — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 9 May 2026

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, basting once or twice, until caramelized and shiny. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026

This set includes a silicone-tipped brush with an attached lid that also doubles as a heat shield when basting. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026

Cook, basting with sauce, just until warmed and cooked through, 3–4 minutes. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Brush with the yakitori sauce and continue grilling, turning and basting with the sauce every 30 seconds, until the chicken is glazed and cooked through, about 2 minutes more. — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 22 Jan. 2026

Meanwhile, she's interrupted by Wahlberg, 56, who calls her out for basting without her. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025