Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lambaste
Participle: lambasted
Gerund: lambasting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lambaste |
| you | lambaste |
| he;she;it | lambastes |
| we | lambaste |
| you | lambaste |
| they | lambaste |
Perfect
| I | have lambasted |
| you | have lambasted |
| he;she;it | has lambasted |
| we | have lambasted |
| you | have lambasted |
| they | have lambasted |
Past
| I | lambasted |
| you | lambasted |
| he;she;it | lambasted |
| we | lambasted |
| you | lambasted |
| they | lambasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had lambasted |
| you | had lambasted |
| he;she;it | had lambasted |
| we | had lambasted |
| you | had lambasted |
| they | had lambasted |
Future
| I | will lambaste |
| you | will lambaste |
| he;she;it | will lambaste |
| we | will lambaste |
| you | will lambaste |
| they | will lambaste |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lambasted |
| you | will have lambasted |
| he;she;it | will have lambasted |
| we | will have lambasted |
| you | will have lambasted |
| they | will have lambasted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lambaste |
| you | lambaste |
| he;she;it | lambaste |
| we | lambaste |
| you | lambaste |
| they | lambaste |
Perfect
| I | have lambasted |
| you | have lambasted |
| he;she;it | have lambasted |
| we | have lambasted |
| you | have lambasted |
| they | have lambasted |
Imperfect
| I | lambasted |
| you | lambasted |
| he;she;it | lambasted |
| we | lambasted |
| you | lambasted |
| they | lambasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had lambasted |
| you | had lambasted |
| he;she;it | had lambasted |
| we | had lambasted |
| you | had lambasted |
| they | had lambasted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lambaste |
| you | would lambaste |
| he;she;it | would lambaste |
| we | would lambaste |
| you | would lambaste |
| they | would lambaste |
Perfect
| I | would have lambasted |
| you | would have lambasted |
| he;she;it | would have lambasted |
| we | would have lambasted |
| you | would have lambasted |
| they | would have lambasted |
Imperative
| you | lambaste |
| we | Let's lambaste |
| you | lambaste |
Verbs conjugated like 'lambaste'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lambaste'
lambast,
abase,
abate,
amate,
ambass,
attaste,
baste,
bombast,
bumbast,
clambake,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to convey one's disapproval of
- bawl out, chew out, criticize, drag, eat someone alive, excoriate, get up, lace into, light into, rip into, tear into, tick off, tosh
- flay
- blister, lash, scorch, castigate, drub, excoriate, scourge, slap
- whip
- beat, thrash, pound, pummel, wallop, pelt
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1637, from lam (1595, ult. from O.N. lemja "to beat, to lame") + baste "to thrash." (see baste).
2. First attested in 1637. Probably lam (“beat”) + baste (“beat”)
Sample Sentences
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The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
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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." [2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:]
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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. [2013 January 19, Paul Harris, “Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession”, in The Guardian:]
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Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government. [2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:]