lambast

Verb

Verb Forms: lambasted, lambasting, lambasts

• To criticize harshly or to beat severely.
• beat with a cane
• censure severely or angrily
• Alternative form of lambaste.

Examples

• After a terrible play, his inner voice would lambast his Scrabble strategy.

Synonyms

bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, cane, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce