lambasts

The word “lambasts” has 2 syllables: lam-basts

It's pronounced as /ˈlæmˌbæsts/


What is synonym and antonym for lambasts?

In the thesaurus, “lambasts” has 169 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lambasts along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lambasts

  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackguards
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • condemns
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • curses
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flays
  • flogs
  • fulminates
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • libels
  • licks
  • lights into
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mocks
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • potshots
  • pounds
  • profanes
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • puts down
  • rags
  • raids
  • rates
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rushes
  • sails into
  • savages
  • scathes
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slurs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties into
  • tongue-lashes
  • traduces
  • trashes
  • tromps
  • upbraids
  • vilifies
  • vituperates
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

Antonyms for lambasts

Meanings of lambasts

  • verb
    1. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
    2. (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

Example Sentences

  • Lambasts the mismanagement of funds by the organization's leadership were made public.
  • The journalist lambasts the government's lack of action on climate change.
  • The professor regularly lambasts students who fail to meet the assignment deadlines.
  • He lambasts the team for their poor performance on the project.
  • The author lambasts societal norms in their latest book.

On this page you'll find 181 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lambasts, such as: abuses, acclaims, admonishes, affronts, approves, asperses, assails.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

damns

  • abhors
  • abominates
  • aces
  • adjudges
  • admonishes
  • anathematizes
  • attacks
  • beans
  • belittles
  • berates
  • bits
  • blacklists
  • blames
  • blasts
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastens
  • chastises
  • chides
  • concludes
  • condemns
  • continentals
  • convicts
  • corrects
  • criticizes
  • crumbs
  • curses
  • dabs
  • darns
  • decides
  • decrees
  • decries
  • denounces
  • deprecates
  • determines
  • detests
  • diddlies
  • diddly-squats
  • disciplines
  • disparages
  • dispraises
  • disses
  • doodley-squats
  • doodly-squats
  • dooms
  • driblets
  • durns
  • excommunicates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • figs
  • finds
  • ghosts
  • glimmers
  • hates
  • hints
  • hoots
  • imprecates
  • iotas
  • jots
  • judges
  • knocks
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • licks
  • little
  • loathes
  • maledicts
  • mites
  • modicums
  • nips
  • opines
  • ostracizes
  • ounces
  • pans
  • particles
  • peanuts
  • penalizes
  • pins
  • punishes
  • rakes
  • raps
  • rays
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reprobates
  • reproves
  • resolves
  • reviles
  • rules
  • scolds
  • scraps
  • scruples
  • semblances
  • sentences
  • shades
  • shadows
  • shreds
  • skoshes
  • slams
  • smidgens
  • smidgeons
  • smidges
  • smidgins
  • snaps
  • specks
  • spots
  • sprinklings
  • squats
  • strains
  • streaks
  • suspicions
  • syllables
  • tittles
  • touches
  • traces
  • upbraids
  • vituperates
  • whits
  • whoops

keelhauls

laces

  • adulterates
  • alternates
  • amalgamates
  • aromatizes
  • assails
  • assaults
  • assimilates
  • attacks
  • attenuates
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • befouls
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • blends
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • braidings
  • braids
  • buffets
  • bungee cords
  • bungees
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • cables
  • canes
  • cheapens
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • combines
  • commingles
  • contaminates
  • cords
  • cornrows
  • corrupts
  • counterfeits
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • cuts
  • debases
  • defiles
  • degrades
  • dilutes
  • dirties
  • doctors
  • does
  • dreadlocks
  • drubs
  • embodies
  • enhances
  • enlaces
  • enriches
  • entwines
  • envenoms
  • extends
  • fakes
  • falsifies
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flavors
  • flogs
  • fouls
  • fudges
  • fuses
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • guys
  • halyards
  • hammers
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • implicates
  • incorporates
  • infects
  • inserts
  • integrates
  • interlaces
  • intermingles
  • intersperses
  • intertwines
  • intertwists
  • interweaves
  • inweaves
  • joins
  • juxtaposes
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • lacings
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lanyards
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • lines
  • links
  • loads
  • maims
  • mangles
  • manipulates
  • mauls
  • merges
  • mingles
  • misrepresents
  • mixes
  • moderates
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • perfumes
  • pigtails
  • pistol-whips
  • plaits
  • plats
  • pleaches
  • plies
  • poisons
  • pollutes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • qualifies
  • queues
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rickracks
  • ricracs
  • ropes
  • rushes
  • salts
  • sauces
  • savors
  • savours
  • scourges
  • seasons
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • soils
  • sophisticates
  • spanks
  • spices
  • spikes
  • spoils
  • stays
  • storms
  • straps
  • strings
  • stripes
  • sullies
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • taints
  • tans
  • tempers
  • thins
  • thrashes
  • threads
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tromps
  • twists
  • wallops
  • waters down
  • weakens
  • weaves
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whipcords
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • wires
  • works over
  • wounds
  • wreathes
  • writhes

nails

  • abducts
  • affirms
  • apprehends
  • arrests
  • assures
  • bags
  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bays
  • beans
  • beats
  • belts
  • biffs
  • binds
  • blows the whistle on
  • bludgeons
  • bobs
  • bonks
  • bops
  • boxes
  • brains
  • buffets
  • bumps
  • bungs
  • bunts
  • busts
  • butts
  • canes
  • captures
  • catches
  • chops
  • claps
  • clarifies
  • clasps
  • clinches
  • clips
  • clobbers
  • clocks
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • clutches
  • collars
  • commits
  • concludes
  • confines
  • conks
  • cops
  • corners
  • corrals
  • cracks
  • creams
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • debunks
  • decides
  • decks
  • defines
  • demolishes
  • demonstrates
  • detains
  • determines
  • discloses
  • discredits
  • disproves
  • divulges
  • drubs
  • dumps
  • enchains
  • ends
  • enmeshes
  • ensnares
  • ensures
  • entangles
  • entraps
  • establishes
  • exposes
  • fells
  • fetters
  • finishes
  • fists
  • flails
  • flicks
  • flogs
  • floors
  • gets
  • gloms
  • gloves
  • grabs
  • grapples
  • grasps
  • grips
  • halters
  • hammers
  • handcuffs
  • hangs one on
  • hits
  • holds
  • hooks
  • illuminates
  • immeshes
  • immures
  • imprisons
  • incarcerates
  • insures
  • interns
  • jabs
  • jails
  • jostles
  • jugs
  • kicks
  • kidnaps
  • knees
  • knocks
  • knocks down
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lands
  • lashes
  • lassos
  • levels
  • licks
  • manacles
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • meshes
  • nabs
  • nets
  • nicks
  • nobbles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • picks up
  • pinches
  • pokes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • prods
  • proves
  • pulls in
  • pummels
  • punches
  • pushes
  • rabbit-punches
  • raps
  • rearrests
  • remands
  • rends
  • restrains
  • ropes
  • roughs
  • runs in
  • saps
  • scuffs
  • secures
  • seizes
  • settles
  • shackles
  • shoves
  • shows
  • shows up
  • skulls
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slashes
  • sledgehammers
  • sledges
  • slogs
  • slugs
  • smacks
  • smites
  • snags
  • snares
  • snatches
  • socks
  • spears
  • specifies
  • stabs
  • stamps
  • states
  • stipulates
  • strikes
  • strokes
  • sucker punches
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • tags
  • taps
  • tells
  • thrashes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • trammels
  • traps
  • uncloaks
  • uncovers
  • undresses
  • unmasks
  • unveils
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whips
  • wrests
  • zaps

objurgates

  • admonishes
  • bawls out
  • belittles
  • berates
  • brings to account
  • calls to account
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • condemns
  • criticizes
  • cuts up
  • denounces
  • deprecates
  • depreciates
  • disparages
  • dresses down
  • flays
  • gibbets
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lectures
  • punishes
  • rags
  • rates
  • rebukes
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • scolds
  • scores
  • tells off
  • upbraids

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