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- Dictionarylambaste/lamˈbeɪst/
verb
- 1. criticize (someone or something) harshly: "they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth"
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LAMBASTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of lambaste 2. to criticize someone or something severely: . Learn more.
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.
1. : to assault violently : beat, whip. 2. : to attack verbally : censure. critics lambasted his performance. Did you know?
Lambasted definition: having been strongly or severely criticized. See examples of LAMBASTED used in a sentence.
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. coal. earbashing. lambaste. lecture. pull someone up. punchbag.
lam·baste. (lăm-bāst′, -băst′) tr.v. lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes. 1. To give a thrashing to; beat. 2. To scold sharply; berate: lambasted the workers for the shoddy construction. [Perhaps lam + baste .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
verb (used with object) , lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing. to beat or whip severely. to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of lambaste 1. First recorded in 1630–40; apparently lam 1 + baste 3. Discover More. Example Sentences.
