lambaste

lambaste
Synonyms and related words:
admonish, attack, bang, baste, batter, bawl out, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, berate, best, birch, blister, bludgeon, buffet, call down, cane, castigate, censure, chew, chew ass, chew out, chide, clobber, crawl, cudgel, cuss out, defeat, destroy, do in, dress down, drub, excoriate, fix, flail, flap, flay, flog, give a going-over, give hail Columbia, give hell, give the deuce, give what-for, hammer, hide, hors de combat, horsewhip, jack up, knock, larrup, lash, lather, lick, maul, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, put, rap, ream, ream ass, ream out, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, revile, ruin, scold, scourge, settle, shellac, sit on, skin, skin alive, sledgehammer, smear, smother, spank, thrash, thresh, thump, trim, triumph over, trounce, undo, upbraid, wallop, whip, worst

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  • Lambaste — Lam*baste , v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. [Low] Nares. Syn: cane, flog, lambaste. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly. Syn: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lambaste — index beat (strike) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lambaste — (v.) 1630s, from lam (1590s, ultimately from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. lemja to beat, to lame ) + baste to thrash (see BASTE (Cf. baste)). Related: Lambasted; lambasting …   Etymology dictionary

  • lambaste — [v] punish, beat assail, attack, berate, blister, bludgeon, castigate, censure, criticize, cudgel, denounce, excoriate, flay, flog, hammer, hit, lash into*, pan, pelt, pound, pummel, rake over the coals*, read the riot act*, rebuke, reprimand,… …   New thesaurus

  • lambaste — (also lambast) ► VERB ▪ criticize harshly. DERIVATIVES lambasting noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «beat»: from LAM(Cf. ↑lam) + dated baste, also meaning «beat» …   English terms dictionary

  • lambaste — [lam bāst′, lambast′] vt. lambasted, lambasting [ LAM1 + BASTE3] Informal 1. to beat soundly; thrash 2. to scold or denounce severely: Also sp. lambast …   English World dictionary

  • lambaste — or lambast transitive verb Etymology: probably from 1lam + baste Date: 1620 1. to assault violently ; beat, whip 2. to attack verbally ; censure < critics lambasted his performance > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lambaste — /lam bayst , bast /, v.t., lambasted, lambasting. Informal. 1. to beat or whip severely. 2. to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate. Also, lambast. [1630 40; appar. LAM1 + BASTE3] * * * …   Universalium

  • lambaste — verb /læmˈbæst,læmˈbæst,læmˈbeɪst/ a) To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily. b) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics …   Wiktionary

  • lambaste — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. punish, thrash, whip; see beat 2 , hit 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scold, berate, dress down, *rake over the coals, reprimand, castigate, cuss out, censure, rebuke, *chew out, *jump down one s throat. III (Roget s… …   English dictionary for students

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