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as in scolding
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 attacking
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other
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as in lashing
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as in bashing
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Recent Examples of lambasting
Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
About two dozen people held signs lambasting the billionaire outside a dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
About two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
Meloni attempted to increase her control over Italy’s judiciary, lambasting the courts as political for hobbling her ability to offshore refugees to Albania.
—Nathalie Tocci, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2025
The idea of just lambasting stuff and trying to stuff it down people’s throats would be an anathema to myself and Ken.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Burr was audibly and visibly upset by the unannounced family reunion, lambasting his longtime friend Mandel, and almost walking out of the interview in protest.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
The day Newsom made his comments, California schools and residents impacted by trans inclusion in sports provided statements to Fox News Digital lambasting the governor for not taking any action over the last year to address the issue.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as lambasting the bankers for their recklessness and greed, Warren was demanding the creation of a new agency to defend the interests of mortgage holders, savings depositors, credit-card holders, and anybody else who was obliged to deal with banks and other financial companies.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
While lambasting Kraft, Wu also appeared to take aim at Thomas O’Brien, a prominent real estate developer in the city who was considering challenging her in the mayor’s race but changed his mind about a week ago.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
About two dozen people held signs lambasting the billionaire outside a dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
About two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
Meloni attempted to increase her control over Italy’s judiciary, lambasting the courts as political for hobbling her ability to offshore refugees to Albania.
—Nathalie Tocci, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2025
The idea of just lambasting stuff and trying to stuff it down people’s throats would be an anathema to myself and Ken.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Burr was audibly and visibly upset by the unannounced family reunion, lambasting his longtime friend Mandel, and almost walking out of the interview in protest.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
The day Newsom made his comments, California schools and residents impacted by trans inclusion in sports provided statements to Fox News Digital lambasting the governor for not taking any action over the last year to address the issue.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as lambasting the bankers for their recklessness and greed, Warren was demanding the creation of a new agency to defend the interests of mortgage holders, savings depositors, credit-card holders, and anybody else who was obliged to deal with banks and other financial companies.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambasting
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The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities recently launched a campaign attacking the governor for allowing the state’s overreliance on property taxes to worsen and for seeking to slash summer work programs that assist the state’s troubled youths.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Moyes is likely to spend the summer focusing on improving the squad’s attacking output.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jared Harris is the best movie John ever, licking his lips and sucking his teeth; Aidan Quinn is the best movie Paul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Boston, Cleveland, and New York are licking their chops, ready to feast on a Bucks team missing its point guard, its bench leader, and its identity.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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This isn’t a repeat of Hurricane Irma’s lashing at the concrete marker that led to a month-long closing in September and October 2017 so that the original artists Danny Acosta and Henry Del Valle could do emergency repairs and repaint the battered buoy.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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However, May argued that Trump’s recent public lashings out against Putin appear to be more lasting than those against Zelensky, signaling a wider shift in policy.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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Hundreds of drones being used as part of a Saturday night aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground, according to videos posted online.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
23 Dec. 2024
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His endorsement of the AfD came alongside a video of a far-right German commentator slamming the leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the unhappy ending is especially head-pounding for Saxon Ratliff (Patrick Schwarzenegger).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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Queen finished with a team-best 17 points, but Maryland frequently settled for outside jumpers instead of pounding the ball inside to Queen and Julian Reese.—
Lindsay Schnell,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Douglas McCarthy, the vocalist who hectored anarchic invective with EBM innovators Nitzer Ebb and who joined Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder’s Recoil side project, died Wednesday at the age of 58.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
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His tommy-gun dialogue, much of it laced with withering invective and punctuated with profanity, started a shift in the language of both theater and movies in this country.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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My safety came down to something as simple as hiding my name.—
Ismat Ara,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
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But over the past two terms of the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, these vendors were accused of hiding their identity, of pretending to be Hindu.—
Ismat Ara,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
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But then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin repudiated the deal, saying a decision on the death penalty in an attack as grave as Sept. 11 should only be made by the defense secretary.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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The onslaught of attacks on transgender rights fueled Missouri lawmakers to enact a law in 2023 that banned gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries, for minors.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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“Lambasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambasting. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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