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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. pull someone up. punchbag.
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense lambasts , present participle lambasting , past tense, past participle lambasted regional note: in AM, usually use lambaste (læmbeɪst ) verb. If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public. [formal]
The meaning of LAMBASTE is to assault violently : beat, whip. How to use lambaste in a sentence. Did you know?
Definition of lambast verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Lambast definition: to beat or whip severely. See examples of LAMBAST used in a sentence.
Definitions of lambast. 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.
lambastes or lambasts; lambasted; lambasting. Britannica Dictionary definition of LAMBASTE. [+ object] : to criticize (someone or something) very harshly. The coach lambasted the team for its poor play. They wrote several letters lambasting the new law.
