Synonyms of lambastes

lambastes

verb

variants or lambasts

present tense third-person singular of lambaste

1

as in scolds

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

• scolds
• criticizes
• lectures
• reprimands
• blames
• berates
• chastises
• upbraids
• castigates
• admonishes
• rebukes
• flays
• mocks
• calls down
• rails (at or against)
• chides
• bastes
• bawls out
• reproaches
• rags
• faults
• jaws
• dresses down
• lays into
• scores
• rants (at)
• attacks
• reams (out)
• takes to task
• excoriates
• hammers
• chews out
• denounces
• reads the riot act (to)
• rates
• assails
• slams
• condemns
• keelhauls
• reviles
• disparages
• tongue-lashes
• crucifies
• ridicules
• reproves
• belittles
• remonstrates (with)
• harangues
• censures
• knocks
• scoffs
• abuses
• bad-mouths
• scorns
• blasts
• disses
• pans
• lashes
• reprehends
• scourges
• laces (into)
• vituperates
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• sanctions
• praises
• extols
• lauds

2

as in attacks

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• slams
• scolds
• criticizes
• excoriates
• assails
• castigates
• abuses
• blasts
• insults
• trashes
• berates
• bashes
• savages
• belabors
• ties into
• jumps (on)
• harasses
• sails into
• curses
• reviles
• scathes
• potshots
• vituperates
• disparages
• chides
• blasphemes
• belittles
• reprimands
• harangues
• vilifies
• chastises
• harries
• beats up on
• lights into
• affronts
• slanders
• fulminates
• rebukes
• profanes
• whips
• bad-mouths
• execrates
• slurs
• traduces
• libels
• imprecates
• lashes (out)
• asperses
• blackguards
• laces (into)
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commends
• praises
• hails
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• pounds
• whips
• slaps
• slams
• lashes
• beats
• does
• knocks
• hits
• smashes
• attacks
• bashes
• spanks
• thumps
• pummels
• assaults
• batters
• pelts
• thrashes
• smacks
• mauls
• punches
• flogs
• bludgeons
• belabors
• drubs
• bastes
• bats
• wallops
• works over
• whacks
• lathers
• chops
• threshes
• hammers
• clubs
• assails
• tromps
• switches
• slogs
• raids
• swipes
• punches out
• slates
• buffets
• tans
• boxes
• fibs
• paddles
• roughs (up)
• messes (up)
• belts
• whales
• whups
• clobbers
• rushes
• curries
• wounds
• storms
• laces
• whops
• swats
• besets
• beats up on
• bungs up
• cracks
• pastes
• whams
• thwacks
• birches
• pommels
• descends (on or upon)
• lacerates
• clouts
• jumps (on)
• lays on
• cudgels
• socks
• lams
• flagellates
• mangles
• whomps
• busts
• straps
• cuffs
• scourges
• mutilates
• maims
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• canes
• horsewhips
• leathers
• fustigates
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• rawhides
• cowhides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lambastes

Will Oscar and guild voters want to throw their weight behind a movie that lambastes the very technology that threatens their existence? — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 July 2026

Mikey lambastes him anyway, turning a speech in praise of Richie into a searing evisceration. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2026

Orbán frequently lambastes the EU, but its funding helped keep the country afloat despite his disastrous economic policies. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

Desire fires him, cuts him to pieces, lambastes him. — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026