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as in lashing
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as in bashing
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as in scolding
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal
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as in attacking
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other
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Recent Examples of lambasting
Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
About two dozen people held signs lambasting the billionaire outside a dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
About two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
Meloni attempted to increase her control over Italy’s judiciary, lambasting the courts as political for hobbling her ability to offshore refugees to Albania.
—Nathalie Tocci, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2025
The idea of just lambasting stuff and trying to stuff it down people’s throats would be an anathema to myself and Ken.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Burr was audibly and visibly upset by the unannounced family reunion, lambasting his longtime friend Mandel, and almost walking out of the interview in protest.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
The day Newsom made his comments, California schools and residents impacted by trans inclusion in sports provided statements to Fox News Digital lambasting the governor for not taking any action over the last year to address the issue.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as lambasting the bankers for their recklessness and greed, Warren was demanding the creation of a new agency to defend the interests of mortgage holders, savings depositors, credit-card holders, and anybody else who was obliged to deal with banks and other financial companies.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
While lambasting Kraft, Wu also appeared to take aim at Thomas O’Brien, a prominent real estate developer in the city who was considering challenging her in the mayor’s race but changed his mind about a week ago.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
About two dozen people held signs lambasting the billionaire outside a dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
About two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
Meloni attempted to increase her control over Italy’s judiciary, lambasting the courts as political for hobbling her ability to offshore refugees to Albania.
—Nathalie Tocci, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2025
The idea of just lambasting stuff and trying to stuff it down people’s throats would be an anathema to myself and Ken.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Burr was audibly and visibly upset by the unannounced family reunion, lambasting his longtime friend Mandel, and almost walking out of the interview in protest.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
The day Newsom made his comments, California schools and residents impacted by trans inclusion in sports provided statements to Fox News Digital lambasting the governor for not taking any action over the last year to address the issue.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as lambasting the bankers for their recklessness and greed, Warren was demanding the creation of a new agency to defend the interests of mortgage holders, savings depositors, credit-card holders, and anybody else who was obliged to deal with banks and other financial companies.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambasting
Noun
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The highly unreasonable lashing out with cuss words and nasty comments—verging on verbal abuse—highlights an unstable mind.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The script is by David Koepp (writer of the best Mission: Impossible, the 1996 Brian De Palma iteration), and it’s filled with shimmery red herrings and liberal lashings of phony-baloney techno-spy stuff.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities recently launched a campaign attacking the governor for allowing the state’s overreliance on property taxes to worsen and for seeking to slash summer work programs that assist the state’s troubled youths.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Moyes is likely to spend the summer focusing on improving the squad’s attacking output.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jared Harris is the best movie John ever, licking his lips and sucking his teeth; Aidan Quinn is the best movie Paul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Boston, Cleveland, and New York are licking their chops, ready to feast on a Bucks team missing its point guard, its bench leader, and its identity.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Congress often seems incapable of doing anything other than hurl petty invectives across the aisle.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of drones being used as part of a Saturday night aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground, according to videos posted online.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
23 Dec. 2024
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His endorsement of the AfD came alongside a video of a far-right German commentator slamming the leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the unhappy ending is especially head-pounding for Saxon Ratliff (Patrick Schwarzenegger).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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Queen finished with a team-best 17 points, but Maryland frequently settled for outside jumpers instead of pounding the ball inside to Queen and Julian Reese.—
Lindsay Schnell,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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In March, two days of U.S. attacks killed more than 50 people, Houthi officials said.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The company highlights one type of attack that is now targeting users and which is especially dangerous.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Here’s a very similar move in the memorable 4-1 thrashing of Bayern.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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His confidence regarding this type of finish shone through in Arsenal’s 5-1 thrashing of Manchester City a few days later.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Lambasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambasting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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