lambaste
(verb)
verb
1. beat with a cane
Similar word(s): cane, flog, lambast
Definition categories: contact, beat
2. censure severely or angrily
Similar word(s): berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, trounce
Definition categories: communication, criticise, criticize, knock
Sentences with lambaste as a verb:
- The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
- Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.