LAMBASTS Synonyms: 193 Similar and Opposite Words

lambastes

verb

variants or lambasts

present tense third-person singular of lambaste

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

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as in attacks

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

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as in licks

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 lambastes 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

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McMahon likes to remind scolds that wrestling is a morality play.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This cross-partisan skit is refreshing and the only people who might hate it are Cuomo supporters and maybe some woke scolds.

— Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026