【每日一词】 lambaste - vt. 不断地狠打某人,鞭打；严厉斥责某人。

lambaste

1: to assault violently : BEAT, WHIP

2: to attack verbally : CENSURE

critics lambasted his performance

Synonyms

baste,bawl out,berate,call down,castigate,

chastise,chew out,dress down,

flay,hammer,jaw,keelhaul,lecture,

rag,rail (at or against),rant (at),rate,

ream (out),rebuke,reprimand,

reproach,scold,score,tongue-lash,upbraid

Examples of lambaste in a Sentence

The coach lambasted the team for its poor play.

They wrote several letters lambasting the new law.

Robinson has ignited intense backlash for his history of comments ranging from support of antisemitic conspiracy theories to lambasting school shooting victims.

—Mark Robinson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024

To the tribal leaders, Hobbs cut portions of her original speech that lambasted federal officials for inaction at the border.

—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024

In remarks delivered from her kitchen table at her house in Montgomery, Alabama, Britt denounced Mr. Biden's remarks in his third State of the Union, and lambasted the president for his policies on immigration, economics, crime and foreign policy.

—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024