lambast

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A form of lambaste — To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.

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Meanings

verblambast (third-person singular simple present lambasts, present participle lambasting, simple past and past participle lambasted)

present singular third person lambasts · participle present lambasting · participle past lambasted · past lambasted

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of lambaste.

    Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.

    2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbeat with a cane

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beatbeat upwork over

verbcensure severely or angrily

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knockcriticizecriticise
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

lambast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambast

MLA

“lambast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lambast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambast.

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