Dictionary

lambaste en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /læmˈbæst/ (UK, US)
• /læmˈbeɪst/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

First attested in 1637. Probably lam (“beat”) + baste (“beat”)

Meanings

1. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
   • The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
   • Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.
   • Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government. 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
   • Indeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong was rowing back on so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews. And I suspect most of America won't, either," Kurtz wrote. 2013 January 19, Paul Harris, “Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession”, in The Guardian:
   • It braces the talk not only of pundits, but of all the major Republican candidates - from the tough guy at one end, Rudy Giuliani, who lambastes Democrats for not using the word or its equivalent, to the "nice" candidate at the other end, Mike Huckabee, who defines Islamofascism as "the greatest threat this country [has] ever faced." 2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:
2. (dated, in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

Forms

Deriveds

lambaster

Synonyms

get at · blame · get down · charge · feeze · pooh-pooh · fulminate · lambaste · berisp · castigate · hammer · scold · cuff · hit · beat · tear into · whack · pat · hit · dispraise · reprehend · denounce · admonish · rubbish · upbraid · butt · rap · drag · smack · objurgate · rip into · chide · yerk · whip · blow · beat · bash · swap · inveigh · buffet · boom-boom · tilt · pink · slam · belabor · dash · tell off · bawl out · smite · berate · strike · pelt · baste · light into · scold · lay into · criticize · swinge · threap · slate · savage · pound · thwack · lambaste · rate · berate · punch · lash · dab · rebuke · lace into · poke · blast · get up · vapulate · eat someone alive · impact · flap · kick · slap · bang · denunciate · give somebody what-for · give somebody a piece of one's mind · lecture · lay on · slam · find fault · lunge · give toco · cannonade · keelhaul · put someone on blast · skewer · jerk · read somebody the riot act · deprecate · scorch · condemn · patter · batter · reprove · dowse · knock · excoriate · tosh · spank · tap · derogate · pummel · animadvert · thrash · vituperate · lay into · tell off · dress down · calcitrate · fetch one a blow · chew out · chastise · thrash · slash · vilify · reproach · censure · reprimand · thump · tick off

Translations (57)

nl afkraken (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fr blamer (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de beschimpfen (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de fertig machen (to give a thrashing to) · bg нахоквам (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de attackieren (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fi läksyttää (to scold or verbally reprimand) · nl berispen (to scold or verbally reprimand) · ru отчита́ть (to scold or verbally reprimand) · sv skälla ut (to scold or verbally reprimand) · cs zmlátit (to give a thrashing to) · fr reprimander (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de verdreschen (to give a thrashing to) · fi kurittaa (to give a thrashing to) · cs bít (to give a thrashing to) · ru вздрю́чить (to scold or verbally reprimand) · ru вздрю́чить (to give a thrashing to) · sv klå upp (to give a thrashing to) · de zurechtweisen (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fi haukkua (to scold or verbally reprimand) · nl iemand aframmelen (to give a thrashing to) · fr rouer de coups (to give a thrashing to) · cs zbít (to give a thrashing to) · ru поколоти́ть (to give a thrashing to) · cmn 痛打 (to give a thrashing to) · bg напердашвам (to give a thrashing to) · de fertigmachen (to give a thrashing to) · de verprügeln (to give a thrashing to) · ru раскритикова́ть (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de vermöbeln (to give a thrashing to) · ru отдуба́сить (to give a thrashing to) · de ermahnen (to scold or verbally reprimand) · cs napadat (to scold or verbally reprimand) · bcl tabuga (to scold or verbally reprimand) · no skjelle ut (to scold or verbally reprimand) · es reprender (to scold or verbally reprimand) · bg наругавам (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fr gronder (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de angreifen (to scold or verbally reprimand) · nl iemand een pandoering geven (to give a thrashing to) · cs mlátit (to give a thrashing to) · es vituperar (to scold or verbally reprimand) · ru зада́ть трёпку (to give a thrashing to) · nl uitschelden (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fa به باد انتقاد گرفتن (to scold or verbally reprimand) · de schelten (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fi ojentaa (to scold or verbally reprimand) · gl criticar (to scold or verbally reprimand) · cs kritizovat (to scold or verbally reprimand) · ru обруга́ть (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fr tabasser (to give a thrashing to) · fi pieksää (to give a thrashing to) · cs zkritizovat (to scold or verbally reprimand) · fr battre quelqu'un (to give a thrashing to) · gl censurar (to scold or verbally reprimand) · ru отлупи́ть (to give a thrashing to) · gl reprobar (to scold or verbally reprimand)