lambast
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lambast
(læmˈbæst) orlambaste
vb (tr)
1. to beat or whip severely
2. to reprimand or scold
[C17: perhaps from lam1 + baste3]
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lambast
Past participle: lambasted
Gerund: lambasting
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Verb | 1. | lambast - beat with a cane |
2. | lambast - 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" call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, take to task, rebuke, reprimand, call down, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off" criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lambast
[læmˈbæst] lambaste [læmˈbeɪst] (US) vt (= criticize) → étrillerGrey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization → Grey ne rata pas une seule occasion d'étriller Thompson et son organisation.lamb chop n → côtelette f d'agneau
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lambast
, lambasteCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007