Synonyms of lambasted

lambasted

verb

past tense of lambaste

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolded
• lectured
• reprimanded
• criticized
• blamed
• berated
• chastised
• upbraided
• castigated
• admonished
• rebuked
• attacked
• mocked
• ragged
• reproached
• flayed
• faulted
• laid into
• reamed (out)
• called down
• chewed out
• hammered
• rated
• scored
• ranted (at)
• dressed down
• bawled out
• railed (at or against)
• keelhauled
• basted
• jawed
• slammed
• denounced
• excoriated
• condemned
• assailed
• lashed
• tongue-lashed
• panned
• read the riot act (to)
• disparaged
• reviled
• took to task
• ridiculed
• harangued
• blasted
• censured
• knocked
• remonstrated (with)
• crucified
• belittled
• reproved
• abused
• scoffed
• reprehended
• chid
• scourged
• bad-mouthed
• scorned
• dissed
• laced (into)
• vituperated
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• praised
• lauded
• extolled

2

as in attacked

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• slammed
• scolded
• criticized
• blasted
• excoriated
• assailed
• savaged
• abused
• castigated
• insulted
• bashed
• cursed
• jumped (on)
• tied into
• berated
• scathed
• trashed
• harassed
• vituperated
• reprimanded
• sailed into
• belabored
• reviled
• potshot
• harangued
• lit into
• disparaged
• belittled
• vilified
• slandered
• affronted
• beat up on
• chastised
• harried
• blasphemed
• execrated
• whipped
• libeled
• rebuked
• slurred
• fulminated
• traduced
• bad-mouthed
• profaned
• imprecated
• lashed (out)
• laced (into)
• blackguarded
• aspersed
• chid
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• commended
• hailed
• acclaimed
• complimented
• lauded

3

as in lashed

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lashed
• pounded
• licked
• attacked
• whipped
• slammed
• pelted
• slapped
• did
• knocked
• battered
• thumped
• hit
• bashed
• punched
• assaulted
• beat
• batted
• smashed
• spanked
• mauled
• pummeled
• hided
• thrashed
• smacked
• buffeted
• hammered
• chopped
• slated
• switched
• bludgeoned
• clubbed
• flogged
• raided
• whacked
• lathered
• worked over
• paddled
• walloped
• punched out
• stormed
• swiped
• laced
• drubbed
• boxed
• fibbed
• slogged
• assailed
• belabored
• belted
• curried
• threshed
• basted
• tromped
• tanned
• roughed (up)
• whaled
• rushed
• wounded
• messed (up)
• birched
• whupped
• swatted
• pommeled
• whopped
• cracked
• clobbered
• pasted
• socked
• bunged up
• laid on
• beat up on
• beset
• descended (on or upon)
• strapped
• jumped (on)
• clouted
• busted
• horsewhipped
• cuffed
• thwacked
• scourged
• caned
• flagellated
• pounced (on or upon)
• lammed
• whomped
• whammed
• lacerated
• cudgeled
• gored
• mangled
• mutilated
• leathered
• fustigated
• maimed
• blackjacked
• pistol-whipped
• cowhided
• rawhided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lambasted

That detail — and revelations that Mangione’s private writings lambasted health insurers as greedy, according to authorities — made the case a fulcrum for debate about the industry and made Mangione a cause célèbre for some of its critics. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and UFCW Local 1546, which represents more than 2,000 workers at the Tyson plant in Joslin, lambasted the abrupt closure in statements Friday. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, Luxon’s political opponents lambasted him and his party. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

But, during a recent DTA strike earlier this year, her organization lambasted the district and its former superintendent Funk for a multi-million budget deficit and staff reductions. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

While each Republican sheep committed a virtual public hanging of the accomplished Fauci, Laura Ingraham smirked each and every time a Republican lambasted him! — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Trump has maintained that the problems with the Reflecting Pool following his multimillion-dollar renovation were the result of vandalism and lambasted Pirro for not keeping up the fight. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026

During the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, activists from the gay community lambasted him and his institute for the plodding pace of research on the virus. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Sarnecki, who has regularly lambasted his fellow candidates as career politicians, has criticized Masterson for failing to provide property tax breaks for homeowners while approving tax breaks for businesses. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026