Definition of lambasting in English:
lambasting
nounlamˈbastɪŋlamˈbeɪstɪŋ
A harsh criticism.
he received a lambasting from critics and fans
Example sentencesExamples
- He gave the guy a lambasting, too.
- The authors touch on the critical lambasting the horror genre took from its very inception.
- The pair's humor excludes no one from a vigorous lambasting.
- I was on the receiving end of a pretty decent lambasting from his mother about "ruining the experience" for her kids.
- He has given a new author a lambasting I'm sure he wouldn't have appreciated when he was starting out.
- She then proceeded to give the pair a verbal lambasting, calling them good for nothing animals.
- The president's popularity regarding environmental policy was low and a lambasting at the environmental conference was expected.
- His recent lambasting of gangsta rap has attracted a great deal of indignation.
- Most traffic calming measures are necessary and need applauding, not lambasting by people more concerned about their precious cars than the important issues.
- The hypocrisy of the Victorian era often gets a lambasting in this book.