Synonyms of lambastes

lambastes

verb

variants or lambasts

present tense third-person singular of lambaste

1

as in scolds

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolds
• lectures
• criticizes
• berates
• chastises
• upbraids
• castigates
• mocks
• rebukes
• flays
• attacks
• reprimands
• calls down
• rails (at or against)
• blames
• chides
• bastes
• bawls out
• reproaches
• rags
• jaws
• dresses down
• lays into
• rants (at)
• scores
• reams (out)
• admonishes
• takes to task
• denounces
• excoriates
• hammers
• chews out
• reads the riot act (to)
• assails
• rates
• keelhauls
• reviles
• disparages
• tongue-lashes
• crucifies
• slams
• reproves
• ridicules
• faults
• belittles
• condemns
• abuses
• blasts
• lashes
• remonstrates (with)
• harangues
• scoffs
• censures
• bad-mouths
• knocks
• scorns
• disses
• pans
• reprehends
• scourges
• laces (into)
• vituperates
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• indorses
• sanctions
• extols
• praises
• lauds
• extolls

2

as in slams

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slams
• attacks
• criticizes
• excoriates
• assails
• castigates
• blasts
• trashes
• berates
• abuses
• bashes
• savages
• scolds
• belabors
• ties into
• jumps (on)
• sails into
• harasses
• reviles
• scathes
• potshots
• vituperates
• disparages
• chides
• blasphemes
• belittles
• harangues
• insults
• vilifies
• chastises
• harries
• beats up on
• lights into
• affronts
• slanders
• fulminates
• rebukes
• profanes
• bad-mouths
• execrates
• whips
• slurs
• traduces
• curses
• libels
• imprecates
• reprimands
• lashes (out)
• asperses
• blackguards
• laces (into)
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commends
• praises
• hails
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• slaps
• does
• beats
• knocks
• slams
• smashes
• hides
• attacks
• pummels
• pounds
• bashes
• hits
• thrashes
• punches
• whips
• raids
• flogs
• bludgeons
• belabors
• drubs
• bastes
• mauls
• whaps
• thumps
• wallops
• works over
• lathers
• switches
• clubs
• threshes
• assails
• tromps
• hammers
• slogs
• assaults
• punches out
• smacks
• lashes
• buffets
• slates
• batters
• fibs
• whales
• tans
• roughs (up)
• messes (up)
• belts
• paddles
• pelts
• bats
• whups
• clobbers
• curries
• whops
• whacks
• besets
• beats up on
• laces
• rushes
• pastes
• spanks
• bungs up
• boxes
• swats
• whams
• thwacks
• pommels
• birches
• chops
• swipes
• descends (on or upon)
• lacerates
• clouts
• cracks
• jumps (on)
• lays on
• cudgels
• lams
• socks
• flagellates
• mangles
• whomps
• busts
• cuffs
• scourges
• mutilates
• storms
• maims
• straps
• wounds
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• horsewhips
• canes
• leathers
• fustigates
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• rawhides
• cowhides