lambaste

(lăm-bāst')
tr.v. Informal, -bast·ed, -bast·ing, -bastes.

1. To give a thrashing to; beat. See synonyms at beat.
2. To scold sharply; berate.

[Perhaps LAM¹ + BASTE³.]

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verb

1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Slang clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
2. To criticize for a fault or an offense: admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap¹, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. Informal bawl out. Slang chew out. Idioms: bringcalltaketo task, call on the carpet, haulrakeover the coals, let someone have it. See attack/defend, praise/blame.

v

Definition: punish, beat
Antonyms: praise, uphold

For a list of words related to lambaste, see:

• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - lambaste: (vb) Informal. berate harshly; censure

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See words rhyming with "lambaste."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - klø, tæve, revse, mørbanke, give det glatte lag

Nederlands (Dutch)
afrossen, afkraken

Français (French)
v. tr. - rosser, sonner les cloches à, éreinter, démolir

Deutsch (German)
v. - fertigmachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στηλιτεύω

Italiano (Italian)
bastonare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - bater, repreender, censurar

Русский (Russian)
колотить, бранить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dar una paliza, poner como un trapo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klå upp, skälla ut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痛打, 严责

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 痛打, 嚴責

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 몹시 때리다, 혹평하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ぶん殴る, しかり飛ばす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضرب, يجلد, يلوم, يوبخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכה, הלקה, נזף, ביקר בחריפות‬

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