lambaste
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- lambast (UK)
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1637. Probably lam (“beat”) + baste (“beat”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /læmˈbæst/
- (US) IPA(key): /læmˈbæst/, /læmˈbeɪst/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æst
Verb[edit]
lambaste (third-person singular simple present lambastes, present participle lambasting, simple past and past participle lambasted)
- To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
- Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.
- 2013, Paul Harris, Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession (in The Guardian, 19 January 2013)[1]
- Indeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong was rowing back on so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews. And I suspect most of America won't, either," Kurtz wrote.
- (dated) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to give a thrashing to): beat, hit, thrash
- (to scold or verbally reprimand): berate, scold, tell off
Translations[edit]
to scold or verbally reprimand
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to give a thrashing to
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