LAMBASTED Synonyms: 198 Similar and Opposite Words

lambasted

verb

past tense of lambaste

as in scolded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal

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as in attacked

to criticize harshly and usually publicly movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot

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as in lashed

to strike repeatedly like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other

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Recent Examples of lambasted Tensions over public health became especially high during the state's COVID lockdowns, which critics lambasted as too long and too strict. —

Kate Wells, NPR, 2 June 2026 The Machine was lambasted, fairly, for its clannish coördination and its efforts to keep Democratic politics in a certain mainstream style. —

Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has frequently lambasted the military for loosening physical fitness requirements. —

Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Ever since Louis Malle’s masterful Lacombe Lucien was lambasted by critics during its 1974 release, more or less pushing Malle into artistic self-exile in the years that followed, French cinema has generally shied away from stories dealing with Nazi collaborators. —

Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 They got lambasted or bombarded or thrown under a bus. —

David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 He was lambasted for the moves but ultimately proved wise given the Astros incredible run. —

Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Trump has also lambasted members of the alliance for shrugging off requests to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, despite much of the oil that Europe relies on navigating through the waterway. —

Haris Alic, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026 Kline was lambasted by the local press and left town, never to return. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

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This time, however, Charlotte promptly scolded him for his untoward behavior.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 June 2026
Four years ago, Infantino scolded critics during a news conference ahead of the opener in Qatar.

— Carlos Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026