Lambast (Verb)
Meaning 1
Beat with a cane.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The strict headmaster would lambast any student who broke the school rules with his trusty cane.
- Her father was notorious for lambasting her with a cane whenever she disobeyed him as a child.
- After finding out about the shoplifting incident, the mother threatened to lambast her teenage son with a cane.
- The cruel teacher delights in lambasting her unruly students with the cane to maintain discipline in the classroom.
- In his drunken state, the father grabbed a cane and began to lambast his son for coming home late.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Synonyms
- Trounce
- Jaw
- Have Words
- Call On The Carpet
- Lecture
- Call Down
- Chide
- Dress Down
- Lambaste
- Chew Out
- Rebuke
- Rag
- Bawl Out
- Chew Up
- Scold
- Berate
- Take To Task
- Reprimand
- Remonstrate