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verb
- 1. criticize (someone or something) harshly: "they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth"
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lambast. (læmbæst ) Word forms: lambasts , lambasting , lambasted regional note: in AM, usually use lambaste (læmbeɪst ) verb. If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public. [formal] Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization. [VERB noun]
to criticize someone or something severely: His first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics. Synonym. berate formal. Compare. rebuke verb formal. chide formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Chastising & rebuking. admonishingly. admonitory. barracking. bawl. carpet. earbashing. keelhaul. lecture.
1. : to assault violently : beat, whip. 2. : to attack verbally : censure. critics lambasted his performance. Did you know?
Lambast definition: to beat or whip severely. See examples of LAMBAST used in a sentence.
Definition of lambast verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. 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:
lambast. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lam‧bast, lambaste /ˈlæmbæst/ verb [transitive] formal to criticize someone or something very strongly, usually in public SYN slate Democrats lambasted the president’s budget plan for being ‘inadequate’. → See Verb table.
