LASHED (OUT) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

lashed (out)

verb

past tense of lash (out)

as in criticized

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Vance also criticized border policy under former President Joe Biden while praising deportations.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
The report was heavily criticized for failing to assign blame or identify specific evacuation failures, but officials have said that wasn’t the goal of the McChrystal Group review.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticized

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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 fulminated

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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
Bill Essayli said Alvarez was still an active gang member and chastised the gang intervention program.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of chastised

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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
Judge William Sullivan declined to declare a mistrial but sharply reprimanded the prosecution and told the jury to disregard Heilbrun’s statements on Clancy’s faith.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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