Lambaste (Verb)
Meaning 1
Beat with a cane.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The strict headmaster would often lambaste unruly students with his trusty cane for even the slightest infraction.
- Her grandfather recalled being lambasted by the teacher for talking back in class, and it left a lasting impression on him.
- The school's old policy allowed teachers to lambaste misbehaving students with a cane, which many argued was an archaic and inhumane practice.
- His grandparents would often talk about how they were lambasted by their teachers for small mistakes as part of a 'tough' learning environment.
- The authoritarian principal was notorious for lambasting students who broke the school rules, often using a cane as a means to assert his authority.
Synonyms
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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.
Examples
- The harsh critic lambasted the author's poorly written novel, calling it an insult to literature.
- The angry parents lambasted the teacher for mishandling their child's special needs.
- The politician was lambasted by the media for making inflammatory remarks.
- The judge lambasted the defendant for his reckless behavior, calling it a menace to society.
- The editor lambasted the writer for submitting a poorly researched article.
Synonyms
- Trounce
- Jaw
- Have Words
- Call On The Carpet
- Lecture
- Call Down
- Chide
- Dress Down
- Chew Out
- Rebuke
- Rag
- Bawl Out
- Chew Up
- Scold
- Berate
- Lambast
- Take To Task
- Reprimand
- Remonstrate