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lambast

/ læmˈbæst; læmˈbeɪst /

verb

  1. to beat or whip severely
  2. to reprimand or scold

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lambast1

C17: perhaps from lam 1+ baste ³

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Example Sentences

Pirming lat-an si Markus sa piryudiku, The newspapers always lambast Marcos.

I only gave him his riding-orders to—to lambast you on general principles for not producing work that will last.

He got him down and started to lambast the Judas out of him.

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