lambaste
UK/læmˈbeɪst/
lambaste verb: to scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
Verb
lambaste (third-person singular simple present lambastes, present participle lambasting, simple past and past participle lambasted)
lambaste meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Persian
lambaste in Tamil
- கடுமையாகத் திட்டு
lambaste in Urdu
- مارنا, پیٹنا, طعن و تشنیع کرنا, سخت تنقید کرنا
lambaste in Malayalam
- censure, criticize, chastise
- ശകാരിക്കുക, ചീത്തപറയുക, രൂക്ഷമായി വിമർശിക്കുക, നിശിതമായി വിമർശിക്കുക, രൂക്ഷമായ ഭാഷയിൽ വിമർശിക്കുക, വഴക്കുപറയുക
lambaste in Persian
- to scold or verbally reprimand
- به باد انتقاد گرفتن be bâd-e enteqâd gereftan
Synonyms of lambaste
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- lash
- blame
- scorch
- blast
- castigate
- censure
- charge
- chastise
- chew out
- chide
- condemn
- criticize
- denounce
- denunciate
- deprecate
- derogate
- dispraise
- drag
- dress down
- eat someone alive
- excoriate
- find fault
- fulminate
- get at
- get down
- get up
- give somebody a piece of one's mind
- give somebody what-for
- inveigh
- lace into
Forms of lambaste
| third-person singular present | lambastes |
|---|---|
| present participle | lambasting |
| past participle | lambasted |
| past | lambasted |
| alternative UK | lambast |
| alternative US | lamblast |
Origin of lambaste
First attested in 1637. Probably lam (“beat”) + baste (“beat”)
Words formed from lambaste
Words that rhyme with lambaste
Questions about lambaste
- What does lambaste mean?
- Lambaste means to scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- What is lambaste in Tamil?
- Lambaste in Tamil is கடுமையாகத் திட்டு. See Lambaste meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lambaste?
- Lambaste is a verb.
- How do you pronounce lambaste?
- Lambaste is pronounced /læmˈbeɪst/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of lambaste?
- The past tense of lambaste is lambasted.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lambaste (page history and authors); lambaste (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lambaste (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lambaste (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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