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Lambaste v. t.

To beat severely; specifically, To beat with a cane. (Low)

Synonyms: cane, flog, lambaste.

To scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.

Synonyms: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew out, chew up, have words with, lambast.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lambaste" Quotes from Famous Books

... naturally lambaste 'em?" he cried excitedly. "They'll down him, I guess,—but say, he's right. A man would lose his self-respect if he didn't let out his mind at them hoss thieves, wouldn't he? What's ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... needing to know? My! I bet that boy could give a child castor oil and make him honestly think it was candy. Why, they say that as far as anybody can find out, he's never give that poolroom man even one good talking to. Jake, who's been itching to lambaste the man, says 's-far's he can see, it was the poolroom man who did all the talking. And once Jake says he just dropped in himself, just to see what line of argument the minister was using, and he says that he'd be danged if the minister ...

— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds

Words linked to "Lambaste" : chide, criticize, call on the carpet, cane, rag, tell off, scold, call down, remonstrate, dress down, rebuke, lambast, chasten, brush down, castigate, beat up, flog, correct, chastise, work over, criticise, take to task, beat, objurgate, chew out, berate, pick apart, reprimand, jaw, knock, have words, lecture