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lambaste::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
| Type of | criticise, pick apart, criticize, knock |
| Has types | objurgate, tell off, castigate, brush down, chasten, chastise, correct |
Examples of lambaste
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Most Republican leaders Thursday continued to lambaste Obama's health-care plan.
From the tennessean.com
It's not cricket to lambaste people for responding to what they are reading.
From the newscientist.com
Limbaugh, of course, used Clinton's sound bites to lambaste the Chief Exec.
From the time.com
Then media and Washington then proceed to mock, lambaste and dismiss the entire visit.
From the nation.time.com
In December 2011, he took to the floor of the Senate to lambaste the development effort.
From the dailyherald.com
Occasionally, a person would vigorously lambaste me for my stance on a particular issue.
From the citynews.com.au
The Soviets have always hastened to lambaste the U.S. for discriminating against blacks.
From the time.com
For example, Ralph Nader's forces might lambaste an auto company for alleged safety faults.
From the time.com
No opportunities are wasted to lambaste Mr. Bush, and some are even ham-handedly shoehorned in.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Cane: beat with a cane
- Call on the carpet: 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"
- To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly; To give a thrashing to; to beat severely
- (v) - to scold; to criticize
