Synonyms of lambaste

lambaste

verb

(ˌ)lam-ˈbāst 

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

Examples of lambaste in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement. —Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024

The women lambasted Harris for the administration’s immigration policy and for visiting the border so close to the election. —Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024

President Biden, who arrived in office after campaigning to reopen negotiations with Tehran, lambasted Iran in his farewell address to the U.N. on Tuesday. —Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024

An heir to the Chrysler family also declared his intent to buy back the brand from Stellantis and lambasted Tavares and other executives. —William Gavin, Quartz, 24 Sep. 2024

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