- lambast someone
- verbally abuse someone, rebuke someone, reprimand someone
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
lambast someone
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lambast — UK [læmˈbæst] / US verb [transitive] Word forms lambast : present tense I/you/we/they lambast he/she/it lambasts present participle lambasting past tense lambasted past participle lambasted mainly journalism to criticize someone severely,… … English dictionary
lambast — [[t]læmbæ̱st[/t]] lambasts, lambasting, lambasted VERB If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public. [FORMAL] [V n] Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization. (in AM, usually use lambaste… … English dictionary
lambast — lam|bast [ læm bæst ] verb transitive MAINLY JOURNALISM to criticize someone angrily, especially in a newspaper article or speech: lambast someone for (doing) something: The administration was lambasted for failing to respond immediately to the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lambast — lam|bast lambaste [ˈlæmbæst] v [T] formal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from lam to hit ( LAM) + baste] to criticize someone or something very strongly, usually in public = ↑slate ▪ Democrats lambasted the President s budget plan for being… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lambast — [læmˈbæst] verb [T] mainly journalism to criticize someone angrily, especially in public … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
tell off — verb reprimand She told the misbehaving student off • Syn: ↑brush down • Hypernyms: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trounce, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bawl out — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chew out — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
take to task — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trou … Useful english dictionary
work over — verb give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night The teacher used to beat the students • Syn: ↑beat, ↑beat up • Derivationally related… … Useful english dictionary
