Verb: lambast lam'beyst or lam'bast or 'lam,beyst
- Censure severely or angrily
"The deputy lambasted the Prime Minister";
- call on the carpet [US, informal], take to task, rebuke, rag [informal], trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw [informal], dress down [informal], call down [informal], scold, chide, berate, bawl out [informal], chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], have words, lambaste, ream [N. Amer, informal], wig [Brit, informal], carpet [Brit, informal]
- Beat with a cane
"The old-fashioned teacher lambasted the unruly student";
- cane, flog, lambaste
Derived forms: lambasts, lambasting, lambasted
Type of: beat, beat up, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], knock [informal], pick apart, work over [informal]