[
US
/ˌɫæmˈbæst, ˌɫæmˈbeɪst/
]
VERB
- beat with a cane
-
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.