lambaste
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lam·baste
(lăm-bāst′, -băst′)tr.v. lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes
1. To give a thrashing to; beat.
2. To scold sharply; berate: lambasted the workers for the shoddy construction.
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lam•baste
or lam•bast
(læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæst)v.t. Informal.
1. to beat or whip severely.
2. to reprimand harshly; berate.
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lambaste
Past participle: lambasted
Gerund: lambasting
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| Verb | 1. | lambaste - beat with a cane |
| 2. |  lambaste - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, take to task, rebuke, reprimand, call down, lambast, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off" criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
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lambaste
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Translations
pomluvit
brokke sig over
sättiä
ogovarati
けなす
혹평하다
tala illa om
ด่าว่า
nói xấu
lambaste
→ يَنْتَقِدُ pomluvit brokke sig over runtermachen δυσφημώ poner por los suelos sättiä critiquer ogovarati sparlare けなす 혹평하다 afkraken fjerne slagg obsmarować criticar критиковать tala illa om ด่าว่า hakkında kötü konuşmak nói xấu 诋毁Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009