lambasted
Meaning of lambasted
verb, past tense
- criticize (someone or something) harshly.
they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘beat, thrash’): from lam1 + baste3. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.
Information about lambasted
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Hyphenation of lambasted
lam-basted
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- lambasted is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
lambasted synonyms
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:
Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner:
Meaning criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly:
Meaning criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:
Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:
Meaning remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily:
Meaning address a reprimand to:
Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:
Meaning scold or rebuke:
Meaning reprimand (someone):
Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:
Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:
Meaning reprimand severely:
Meaning reprimand:
Meaning criticize (someone) severely:
Meaning rebuke severely; scold:
Words that rhyme with lambasted
sted, Breasted, accoasted, ballasted, basted, blasted, boasted, bombasted, breakfasted, breasted, broadcasted, cablecasted, casted, chickenbreasted, coasted, colorcasted, contrasted, demasted, dismasted, distasted, dodgasted, easted, fasted, feasted, flabbergasted, forecasted, foretasted, forwasted, gasted, ghasted, handfasted, hasted, hoasted, impasted, lasted, masted, miscasted, narrowcasted, outboasted, outcasted, outfasted, outfeasted, outlasted, outwasted, overcasted, overmasted, overroasted, overwasted, pasted, prepasted
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