to lambast
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8.2
- verb
- /læmˈbæst/
:
criticar duramente
- After the team lost the match, the coach lambasted the players for their lack of effort.
- press lambasted
- critics lambasted
Examples
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Even so, the levels are low enough to be "almost heretic" and are sure to get her lambasted by regulators, she says.
Academic text (2013) -
Roger Kimball lambastes postmodern theory for being self-referential rather than representational.
Academic text (2001) -
My brother has lambasted me over the phone.
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Feel free to contact me directly if you feel like lambasting me as well.
Blog text (18) -
This was the same man who lambasted you and accused you of doing the exact same thing.
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What really happened is that Jesus lambasted them for not being entrepreneurial enough.
Blog text (27) -
Within weeks, tens of thousands of messages had been posted lambasting the Chongqing government for letting such a thing happen.
Academic text (2008) -
Leach has raised eyebrows with his comments lambasting his team after some games.
Blog text (13) -
The judge in my case really lambasted the prosecution during my pro forma sentencing.
Blog text (11) -
Considerant denounced the terms of military rule and lambasted the military for tarnishing the glory of France.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
89
4.6
To give someone a long serious talk that warns or scolds them about what they did
61
5.3
To strongly criticize someone in public
55
2.2
Speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong
44
8.1
To tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
37
8.1
To scold someone very strongly for something they did
37
5.9
To criticize someone strongly
36
7.2
Scold someone angrily and severely
33
7.6
To scold someone strongly for doing something wrong
33
6.1
To tell someone they did something wrong, usually by a person in charge
26
7.7
To express strong disapproval of someone, often in an official statement
26
6.9
To tell someone firmly that you do not approve of their actions
23
8.2
To say angry, insulting things about someone or something
22
7.0
Tell someone you are unhappy with what they did
21
5.6
To criticize someone or something harshly
18
6.3
To scold someone strongly for a mistake
15
7.3
To severely criticize someone or something
14
8.8
To criticize or punish someone very harshly
13
7.0
Scold someone angrily in front of others
11
8.1
To angrily tell someone off
9
9.8
To criticize someone or something very harshly in public
8
6.5
To tell someone you are disappointed in what they did
5
8.3
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
4
7.9
Scold someone very strongly for a mistake
3
8.8
To scold someone strongly for something they did wrong
3
7.9
To tell someone strongly that they have done something wrong, often in front of others
3
6.3
To angrily tell someone they did something wrong
2
7.1
To scold someone angrily and severely
2
9.9
To scold someone angrily
1
8.7
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
1
8.1
To criticize someone or something very harshly
1
8.0
To criticize someone or something very strongly in public
1
8.6
To scold someone very strongly for a mistake
1
9.9
Angrily criticize someone or something
1
6.8
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
Shout loudly at someone because they did something wrong
To scold someone angrily for something they did
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
Attack someone with strong words in public
To say strongly that someone or something is wrong
To attack someone with angry words
To attack someone harshly with words, often in writing
Antonyms
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lambast can be remembered through the word baste, which once could mean 'to beat'. So to lambast someone is like 'beating' them with angry words, and that's why it means to criticize someone very strongly.