lambaste

Verb

Meaning

To beat severely.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flog lecture cane rebuke reprimand scold berate trounce remonstrate chide call down dress down bawl out chew out chew up
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Antonyms

adore worship celebrate praise acclaim approve
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Hypernyms

beat knock criticise criticize beat up work over

Hyponyms

chastise chasten correct castigate objurgate tell off

Anagrams

blastema

Examples

The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car Source: Internet

The deputy ragged the Prime Minister Source: Internet

The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup Source: Internet

Jewish comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen used his speech to lambaste Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — whom he has recently — and again accuse his social media website of spreading Nazi propaganda. Source: Internet

I used the argument that, while we lambaste and denigrate the Germans for what happened, we don’t even look at the Bengal famine. Source: Internet

He funded fancy new trains and an expensive cosmetic makeover of many stations instead of prioritizing basic functionality — which ironically included wireless internet in stations that stranded commuters have used lately to lambaste him on social media. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Lamballe lambar lambast lambaster lambasting lambative