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English

Alternative spellings


Etymology

First attested in 1637. Probably from lam + baste

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /læmˈbæst/
  • IPA: /læmˈbæst/ or /læmˈbeɪst/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-lambaste.ogg


Verb

  1. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
  2. : The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
  3. To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.


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hu:lambaste fi:lambaste sv:lambaste vi:lambaste zh:lambaste

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lambaste \Lam*baste"\, v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.]
To beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. [Low]
--Nares.

Syn: cane, flog, lambaste.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.

Syn: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold,
chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew
out, chew up, have words with, lambast.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet lambaste
v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambast]
2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, {bawl
out}, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words,
lambast]
Moby Dictionary
admonish , attack , bang , baste , batter , bawl out , beat ,
beat all hollow , beat hollow , belabor , berate , best , birch ,
blister , bludgeon , buffet , call down , cane , castigate , censure ,
chew , chew ass , chew out , chide , clobber , crawl , cudgel , cuss out ,
defeat , destroy , do in , dress down , drub , excoriate , fix , flail ,
flap , flay , flog , give a going-over , give hail Columbia , give hell ,
give the deuce , give what-for , hammer , hide , hors de combat ,
horsewhip , jack up , knock , larrup , lash , lather , lick , maul ,
outclass , outdo , outfight , outgeneral , outmaneuver , outpoint ,
outrun , outsail , outshine , paste , patter , pelt , pommel , pound ,
pulverize , pummel , put , rap , ream , ream ass , ream out , rebuke ,
reprimand , reprove , revile , ruin , scold , scourge , settle , shellac ,
sit on , skin , skin alive , sledgehammer , smear , smother , spank ,
thrash , thresh , thump , trim , triumph over , trounce , undo , upbraid ,
wallop , whip , worst


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