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[ US /ˌɫæmˈbæst, ˌɫæmˈbeɪst/ ]
VERB
  1. beat with a cane
  2. censure severely or angrily
    The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
    The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
    The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

How To Use lambaste In A Sentence

  • He lambasted software companies for piling on marginal features in incessant upgrades that can downgrade user efficiency.
  • They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent.
  • We discussed Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's concerns that blogging is just 'pub bores' ( see debate on political blogging here on TV), the state of the blog wars, in which both sides have taken a lot of flak, particularly Tim, who has provoked a needed debate about damage done to the image of blogging by lack of basic 'netiquette', and who has been viciously ( anonymously) lambasted for it, which rather proves his original point. Blogger TV again
  • Washington trying 'to dictate its rules' By Dalila Mahdawi Daily BEIRUT: Hizbullah on Tuesday lambasted what it called brazen American interference in Lebanon's Star staff Monday, June 01, 2009 - Powered by ... WN.com - Articles related to Hudson will return to Chicago to film ABC special
  • When she chuckles at his saying he has not "lambasted" teachers, he says he will take another question if she "just wants to put on a show. Forbes.com: News
  • Why did it have to be the audit commission that lambasted hospitals for being filthy and unhygienic?
  • Then, like clockwork, out slid the new issue of The Weekly Standard, which lambastes Mr. Obama's neighborhood as an island of upper-class daffiness – a neat trick, considering that Hyde Park's median household income is substantially lower than both the national and the Chicago median. Mister Maverick, Meet Da Machine
  • One poster lambasted Patte for allegedly being a "bookie" - a person who accepts bets on sporting events. Times Leader News
  • Television pundits lambasted her image as a frumpy housewife who delivered dull speeches while clad in dowdy grey or brown suits.
  • His first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.
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