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    lambast
    /lamˈbast/

    verb

    • 1. criticize (someone or something) harshly: "they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLAMBASTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to criticize someone or something severely: His first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics. Synonym. berate formal. Compare. rebuke verb formal. chide formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Chastising & rebuking. admonishingly. admonitory. barracking. bawl. carpet. earbashing. keelhaul. lecture.

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLAMBAST definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    lambast. (læmbæst ) Word forms: lambasts , lambasting , lambasted regional note: in AM, usually use lambaste (læmbeɪst ) verb. If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public. [formal] Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization. [VERB noun]

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › lambastLambaste Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : to assault violently : beat, whip. 2. : to attack verbally : censure. critics lambasted his performance. Did you know?

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › lambastLambast - definition of lambast by The Free Dictionary

    lambast - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › lambastLambast - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    verb. censure severely or angrily. synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scathe, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate. see more.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishlambast verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of lambast verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLAMBASTE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    to criticize someone or something severely: His first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics. Synonym. berate formal. Compare. rebuke verb formal. chide formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Chastising & rebuking. admonishingly. admonitory. barracking. bawl. carpet. earbashing. keelhaul. lecture.

  9. www.dictionary.com › browse › lambastLAMBAST Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Lambast definition: to beat or whip severely. See examples of LAMBAST used in a sentence.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › lambasteLambaste - definition of lambaste by The Free Dictionary

    lam·baste. (lăm-bāst′, -băst′) tr.v. lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes. 1. To give a thrashing to; beat. 2. To scold sharply; berate: lambasted the workers for the shoddy construction. [Perhaps lam + baste.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › lambastlambast | meaning of lambast in Longman Dictionary of...

    lambast. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lam‧bast, lambaste /ˈlæmbæst/ verb [transitive] formal to criticize someone or something very strongly, usually in public SYN slate Democrats lambasted the president’s budget plan for being ‘inadequate’. → See Verb table.