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Lambaste   /lˌæmbˈæst/  /lˌæmbˈeɪst/   Listen
Lambaste

verb
1.
Beat with a cane.  Synonyms: cane, flog, lambast.
2.
Censure severely or angrily.  Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce.  "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" , "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"






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"Lambaste" Quotes from Famous Books



... needing to know? My! I bet that boy could give a child castor oil and make him honestly think it was candy. Why, they say that as far as anybody can find out, he's never give that poolroom man even one good talking to. Jake, who's been itching to lambaste the man, says 's-far's he can see, it was the poolroom man who did all the talking. And once Jake says he just dropped in himself, just to see what line of argument the minister was using, and he says that he'd be danged if the minister did a blessed thing but play 'Annie Laurie' and 'We'd Better ...
— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds



Words linked to "Lambaste" :   dress down, correct, knock, chastise, chasten, criticise, flog, beat, objurgate, scold, chew out, beat up, brush down, criticize, jaw, castigate, pick apart, tell off, berate, work over



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