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View synonyms for lambaste

lambaste

or lam·bast

[ lam-beyst, -bast ]

verb (used with object)

, lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing.
  1. to beat or whip severely.
  2. to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lambaste1

First recorded in 1630–40; apparently lam 1 + baste 3

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Example Sentences

Indisputably Obama, I think, though of course, he will go on the stump and lambaste Republicans for holding out on tax cuts.

He predicted, correctly, that The New York Times would jump all over the ad and lambaste McCain.

He aint gonna lambaste half our crew an the ole man, an git away wid it!

Jake, who's been itching to lambaste the man, says 's-far's he can see, it was the poolroom man who did all the talking.

I want to go out and help lambaste those infernally cocksure armies of that jelly-and-cream King.

An' then, whoop they come over to England, an' they lambaste the Anglo-Saxons, an' talk to 'em about 'honneur.'

They lambaste impartially and with a certain Irish delight in doing the job thoroughly.

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