LASH (OUT) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

lash (out)

verb

Definition of lash (out)

as in to criticize

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The group of senators — which includes all Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Africa panel — criticized both sides of the conflict.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
In 2021, Cruz sought to revoke Major League Baseball’s century-old antitrust immunity after the MLB decided to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to a new Georgia voting law civil rights groups had criticized as restrictive.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticize

Verb

Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

Definition of fulminate

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However chiding his moralism could be, Hawthorne was on intimate terms with American psychosis, the afterbirth of Puritanism.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Another chided the holdout for being unable to move past the fact that Clancy killed her children.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of chide

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In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.

— George Pendle, airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025

Definition of libel

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Frett then headed to Judge Guy Mitchell’s courtroom, where court officers chastised him for talking on his phone and refusing to take down his hoodie.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Rodgers chastised him last week for not running a route correctly, showing that route details are still an issue.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of chastise

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Yet what follows is an extended list of ethical sins, with a focus on the sins of abusive speech, such as slandering, slurring, slighting and smearing the reputations of others.

— Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Her attorneys allege that Morris conspired with Gateway leaders to slander and defame Clemishire in order to protect himself and his organization.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of slander

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The Missouri Supreme Court ultimately decided to reprimand Zahnd rather than suspend his law license, which did not affect his ability to practice law or his ability to serve as county prosecutor.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
But the top management set early resumption as a key business target and harshly reprimanded a team working on a resumption permit because of the prolonged screening, which might have pressured them into wrongdoing, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of reprimand

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