to lambast
- verb
- /læmˈbæst/
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- The teacher decided to lambast the student for his repeated tardiness with a ruler.
Examples
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Don't lambast him!
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He was lambasted for his insolence, both with words and with a stick.
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In the old days, some teachers would lambast misbehaving children with a cane.
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The headmaster threatened to lambast any student caught cheating.
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She lambasted the thief.
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After losing the match, the coach began to lambast the players for their lack of effort.
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The old woman would often lambast the neighborhood cats with her cane whenever they wandered into her yard.
Synonyms
198
1.6
To hit something many times to shape or flatten it
57
3.2
To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly
46
6.7
Hit something many times, usually with your fists
36
4.8
To hit something forcefully with a whip
23
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
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7.0
To hit someone hard with a whip or rod
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7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
18
8.3
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
15
7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
8
8.6
To beat someone with a long thin stick as punishment
7
6.5
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
2
7.3
To hit something or someone very hard
1
8.4
To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment
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9.9
To hit someone or something hard
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9.5
To hit someone repeatedly and very hard
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9.3
To hit someone or something again and again with your fists
To hit someone or something very hard, often many times
To hit something repeatedly to clean it or make it fluffy
To hit someone or something very hard, for example with a fist
To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit someone or something violently, often by running into them
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Lambast also keeps a literal sense from the old verb baste 'to beat', so it can mean to hit someone again and again, often with a stick.