Synonyms of lambaste

lambaste

verb

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• indorse
• sanction
• extol
• praise
• laud
• extoll

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
• slam
• criticize
• excoriate
• assail
• castigate
• savage
• blast
• berate
• jump (on)
• bash
• tie into
• vituperate
• belabor
• scold
• potshot
• scathe
• abuse
• harass
• sail into
• revile
• disparage
• trash
• insult
• beat up on
• harangue
• belittle
• chide
• vilify
• blaspheme
• chastise
• light into
• affront
• execrate
• slander
• harry
• bad-mouth
• asperse
• libel
• slur
• profane
• whip
• imprecate
• fulminate
• blackguard
• curse
• traduce
• rebuke
• reprimand
• 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
• do
• slap
• beat
• knock
• attack
• smash
• pummel
• hide
• hit
• pound
• bludgeon
• punch
• slam
• bash
• raid
• flog
• whip
• drub
• lash
• thump
• belabor
• work over
• baste
• thrash
• switch
• pelt
• club
• punch out
• maul
• rough (up)
• slate
• hammer
• lather
• assail
• whup
• assault
• buffet
• paddle
• bat
• whop
• tromp
• slog
• whap
• curry
• thresh
• belt
• tan
• mess (up)
• batter
• fib
• whale
• wallop
• beat up on
• smack
• chop
• pommel
• birch
• clobber
• bung up
• whack
• paste
• rush
• box
• cudgel
• beset
• lace
• spank
• crack
• swipe
• descend (on or upon)
• swat
• lay on
• clout
• jump (on)
• thwack
• flagellate
• whomp
• wham
• cuff
• pounce (on or upon)
• lam
• horsewhip
• lacerate
• bust
• scourge
• sock
• storm
• leather
• cane
• strap
• mutilate
• maim
• mangle
• wound
• blackjack
• pistol-whip
• fustigate
• rawhide
• gore
• cowhide

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