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Definitions for lambaste
læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæstlam·baste
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Princeton's WordNet
cane, flog, lambaste, lambastverb
beat with a cane
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb
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"
Wiktionary
lambasteverb
To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
lambasteverb
To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
Etymology: First attested in 1637. Probably
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lambaste
To lambaste is to criticize or scold someone harshly; or to verbally attack or berate them. It can also refer to giving a severe physical beating.
Webster Dictionary
Lambasteverb
to beat severely
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lambaste in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lambaste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of lambaste in a Sentence
He will send a positive signal to any pan-democrat who is willing to have a dialogue with China, this must be one of his key missions: To make sure the signal is strong enough that the electorate won't lambaste the moderate pan-democrats and give all their votes to the extremists.
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- zurechtweisen, verprügeln, verdreschen, beschimpfenGerman
- لامباسPersian
- ojentaa, pieksää, läksyttää, haukkua, kurittaaFinnish
- blamer, rouer de coups, reprimander, gronder, tabbasser, battre quelqu'unFrench
- 酔いどれJapanese
- uitschelden, afkraken, iemand een pandoering geven, iemand aframmelen, berispenDutch
- [[задать]] [[трёпка, вздрючить, отчитать, отлупить, обругать, отдубасить, поколотить, раскритиковатьRussian
- klå upp, skälla utSwedish
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