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lamblast

lamblast is the alternative form of lambaste.

Meaning of lambaste

Verb

lambaste (third-person singular simple present lambastes, present participle lambasting, simple past and past participle lambasted)

  1. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
    • The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
  2. (dated) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

Forms of lamblast

third-person singular presentlamblasts
present participlelamblasting
past participlelamblasted
pastlamblasted

Origin of lamblast

Perhaps influenced by blast.

Questions about lamblast

What is lamblast the alternative form of?
Lamblast is the alternative form of lambaste.

Words near lamblast in the dictionary

  1. lambitive
  2. lambitives
  3. lambkill
  4. lambkin
  5. lambkins
  6. lamblast
  7. lamblasted
  8. lamblasting
  9. lamblasts
  10. Lamble
  11. lambless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lamblast (page history and authors); lambaste (page history and authors). 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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