The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
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Lambaste
Synonyms for "lambaste" (253 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
Related words (126)
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Translations
57 translations across 14 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- tabuga verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Bulgarian
3 entries- напердашвам verb (to give a thrashing to)
- наругавам verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- нахоквам verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 痛打 verb (to give a thrashing to)
Czech
4 entries- bít verb (to give a thrashing to)
- kritizovat verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- mlátit verb (to give a thrashing to)
- napadat verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Dutch
4 entries- afkraken verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- berispen verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- iemand aframmelen verb (to give a thrashing to)
- iemand een pandoering geven verb (to give a thrashing to)
Finnish
4 entries- haukkua verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- kurittaa verb (to give a thrashing to)
- läksyttää verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- ojentaa verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
French
4 entries- battre quelqu'un verb (to give a thrashing to)
- blamer verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- gronder verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- reprimander verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Galician
3 entries- censurar verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- criticar verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- reprobar verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
German
4 entries- angreifen verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- attackieren verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- beschimpfen verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- ermahnen verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Norwegian
1 entries- skjelle ut verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Persian
1 entries- به باد انتقاد گرفتن verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Russian
4 entries- вздрю́чить verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- вздрю́чить verb (to give a thrashing to)
- зада́ть трёпку verb (to give a thrashing to)
- обруга́ть verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Spanish
2 entries- reprender verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
- vituperar verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Swedish
2 entries- klå upp verb (to give a thrashing to)
- skälla ut verb (to scold or verbally reprimand)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.
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It braces the talk not only of pundits, but of all the major Republican candidates - from the tough guy at one end, Rudy Giuliani, who lambastes Democrats for not using the word or its equivalent, to the "nice" candidate at the other end, Mike Huckabee, who defines Islamofascism as "the greatest threat this country [has] ever faced."
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Indeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong was rowing back on so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews. And I suspect most of America won't, either," Kurtz wrote.
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