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lambasteenUK
lam·baste L0026600 (lăm-bāst′, -băst′)tr.v. lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes 1. To give a thrashing to; beat.2. To scold sharply; berate: lambasted the workers for the shoddy construction. [Perhaps lam + baste.]lam•baste or lam•bast (læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæst) v.t. Informal. 1. to beat or whip severely. 2. to reprimand harshly; berate. [1630–40; appar. lam + baste3] lambaste Past participle: lambasted Gerund: lambasting
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lambaste | lambaste |
Present |
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I lambaste | you lambaste | he/she/it lambastes | we lambaste | you lambaste | they lambaste |
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I lambasted | you lambasted | he/she/it lambasted | we lambasted | you lambasted | they lambasted |
Present Continuous |
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I am lambasting | you are lambasting | he/she/it is lambasting | we are lambasting | you are lambasting | they are lambasting |
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I have lambasted | you have lambasted | he/she/it has lambasted | we have lambasted | you have lambasted | they have lambasted |
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I was lambasting | you were lambasting | he/she/it was lambasting | we were lambasting | you were lambasting | they were lambasting |
Past Perfect |
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I had lambasted | you had lambasted | he/she/it had lambasted | we had lambasted | you had lambasted | they had lambasted |
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I will lambaste | you will lambaste | he/she/it will lambaste | we will lambaste | you will lambaste | they will lambaste |
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I will have lambasted | you will have lambasted | he/she/it will have lambasted | we will have lambasted | you will have lambasted | they will have lambasted |
Future Continuous |
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I will be lambasting | you will be lambasting | he/she/it will be lambasting | we will be lambasting | you will be lambasting | they will be lambasting |
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I have been lambasting | you have been lambasting | he/she/it has been lambasting | we have been lambasting | you have been lambasting | they have been lambasting |
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I will have been lambasting | you will have been lambasting | he/she/it will have been lambasting | we will have been lambasting | you will have been lambasting | they will have been lambasting |
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I had been lambasting | you had been lambasting | he/she/it had been lambasting | we had been lambasting | you had been lambasting | they had been lambasting |
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I would lambaste | you would lambaste | he/she/it would lambaste | we would lambaste | you would lambaste | they would lambaste |
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I would have lambasted | you would have lambasted | he/she/it would have lambasted | we would have lambasted | you would have lambasted | they would have lambasted | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | lambaste - beat with a canecane, lambast, flogbeat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" | | 2. | lambaste - 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"call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, take to task, rebuke, reprimand, call down, lambast, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, ragcastigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
lambasteverb1. Informal. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.Slang: clobber.Idiom: rain blows on.2. Informal. To criticize for a fault or an offense:admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.Informal: bawl out.Slang: chew out.Idioms: bring to task, call on the carpet, haul over the coals, let someone have it.TranslationslambasteenUK
Synonyms for lambasteverb to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blowsSynonyms- assail
- assault
- baste
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- buffet
- drub
- hammer
- pound
- pummel
- smash
- thrash
- thresh
- clobber
verb to criticize for a fault or an offenseSynonyms- admonish
- call down
- castigate
- chastise
- chide
- dress down
- rap
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- scold
- tax
- upbraid
- bawl out
- chew out
Synonyms for lambasteverb beat with a caneSynonymsRelated Wordsverb censure severely or angrilySynonyms- call on the carpet
- chew out
- chew up
- chide
- dress down
- have words
- bawl out
- berate
- reproof
- scold
- take to task
- rebuke
- reprimand
- call down
- lambast
- lecture
- remonstrate
- trounce
- jaw
- rag
Related Words- castigate
- chasten
- chastise
- objurgate
- correct
- brush down
- tell off
- criticise
- criticize
- pick apart
- knock
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