lambaste
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Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1637. Probably lam (“beat”) + baste (“beat”)
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lambaste (third-person singular simple present lambastes, present participle lambasting, simple past and past participle lambasted)
- To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- Synonyms: berate, scold, tell off; see also Thesaurus:criticize
- The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
- Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.
- 2013 January 19, Paul Harris, “Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession”, in The Guardian[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 in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
- Synonyms: beat, hit, thrash; see also Thesaurus:hit
Translations[edit]
to scold or verbally reprimand
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to give a thrashing to
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