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Definition of Lambast
1. Verb. Beat with a cane. "They want to lambast the prisoners "
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Up, Work Over
Derivative terms: Cane, Flogging
2. Verb. Censure severely or angrily. "Sam cannot lambast Sue "; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Specialized synonyms: Castigate, Chasten, Chastise, Correct, Objurgate, Brush Down, Tell Off
Generic synonyms: Criticise, Criticize, Knock, Pick Apart
Derivative terms: Chiding, Lecture, Rebuke, Rebuker, Reprimand, Reproof, Scolder, Scolding
Definition of Lambast
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of lambaste) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lambast
1. to lambaste [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: lambaste
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lambast
Literary usage of Lambast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"I only gave him his riding-orders to — to lambast you on general principles for
not producing work that will last. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"115. F"st, with this hand wound thus about fens bun, Death of Rob. E. of Hunt., sign,
к 1. lambast, ». To beat. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"Yet, until another Carlyle shall arise to lambast the modern faker of science,
we shall have to be content with saying in our own w'ay, the indignation that ..."
4. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Mississippi Historical Society, Franklin Lafayette Riley (1910)
"... a stick and lambast his keg, exclaiming vehemently, "Make Charley drunk, eh !
Coin' to give you a good beatin'. Don't think you'll do it any more when I ..."
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