lambaste

Part of speech - definition - Example (used in a sentence) 1. verb;to beat or whip severely. -The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily. 2. verb; to thrash 3. verb; to scold 4. verb; punish, beat 5.verb; to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate.

Synonyms: [|assail], [|attack], [|berate], blister, bludgeon, [|castigate], [|censure], [|criticize], cudgel, [|denounce], excoriate, flay, flog, [|hammer], [|hit], lash into, pan, pelt, [|pound], pummel, rake over the coals, read the riot act, [|rebuke], [|reprimand], rip into, roast, scathe, [|scold], [|scorch], [|scourge], shellac, [|slam], slap, [|slash], smear, [|smother], [|strike], [|thrash], [|trim], upbraid, wallop, [|whip], abuse, reproach, remonstrate

Antonyms: calm, help, peace, harmony, nice, polite, respectful, deliberate Related words/other forms: lambasted, lambasting, lambast,

Phrases: He **lambaste** his room because, he was mad. The sergeant **lambasted** the new recruits daily.

Images: I chose this because the computer was lambasting itself.

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