English verb: lambast | |||
1. | lambast (contact) beat with a cane | ||
Examples | They want to lambast the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | cane, flog, lambaste | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat up, work over | ||
2. | lambast (communication) censure severely or angrily | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot lambast Sue | ||
Synonyms | bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate, tell off | ||