Lambaste

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /læmˈbæst/
• US IPA: /læmˈbæst/, /læmˈbeɪst/
• Rhymes: -æst

Alternative forms

• lambast (UK)

Origin

First attested in 1637. Probably lam("beat") + baste("beat")

Full definition of lambaste

Verb

1. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.
• 2013, Paul Harris, Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession (in The Guardian, 19 January 2013)http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/19/lance-armstrong-legal-challenges-confessionIndeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong was rowing back on so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews. And I suspect most of America won't, either," Kurtz wrote.
2. (dated) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

Synonyms

• (to give a thrashing to) beat, hit, thrash
• (to scold or verbally reprimand) berate, scold, tell off

Anagrams

• blastema
• labmates