lambasting
present participle oflambaste
lambaste
verb[T]
(alsolambast)uk/læmˈbæst/us/læmˈbæst/tocriticizesomeone or somethingseverely:
His firstnovelwas well andtrulylambasted by thecritics.
Synonym
berateformal
Compare
rebukeverbformal
chideformal
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- coal
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproach
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- upbraid
Examplesoflambasting
lambasting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I have spent much of my careerlambastinglinguistic prejudice, so this idea is especially repugnant.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Nonetheless, critics unsurprisingly feel there is more to what they do thanlambastingpoor actors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The former, dominant, logic focused on transforming the values of domestic society, and in particular it promoted democracy whilelambastingaristocratic militarism and excessively greedy capitalist accumulation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We heard alambastingof the state schools.
From the
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They have spent the past 10 yearslambastingits management; now they oppose the most effective way of lifting it into the 20th century.
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We have had report after reportlambastingthe garage industry.
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On the other hand, he islambastingpeople who are in work for being paid too much.
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He was famed for his penitential sermons,lambastingwhat he viewed as widespread immorality and attachment to material riches.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wei also published a historical worklambastingand belittling his political opponents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Art critics discussed the merits of one model over another and almost universallylambastingthe sunbonnets as terrible headwear.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For six years she visited an average of four schools a day,lambastingchildren with reasons why they should wear helmets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wei also published a historical worklambastingand belitting his political opponents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A war of wit was launched with eachlambastingthe other in ink and onstage.
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- not be set/carved in stone
- not-be-set-carved-in-stone
- not be short of a bob or two
- not-be-short-of-a-bob-or-two
- not be someone's cup of tea
- not be someone's day
- not be the end of the world
- not-be-the-end-of-the-world
- not be the marrying kind
- not-be-the-marrying-kind
- not be thinking straight
- not-be-thinking-straight
- not be up to much
- not-be-up-to-much
- not be your field
- not blink
- not-blink
- not bothered
- not-bothered
- not-break-stride
- not break your stride
- not-break-your-stride
- not-bring-to-do-something
- not bring yourself to do something
- not-bring-yourself-to-do-something