lambaste

Verb

1. beat with a cane
   • Synonyms
     • cane
     • flog
     • lambast
   • Less specific
     • beat
     • beat up
     • work over
   • Related
     • whipping
     • tanning
     • flogging
     • lashing
     • flagellation
     • cane
2. censure severely or angrily; “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger’s car”; “The deputy ragged the Prime Minister”; “The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup”
   • Synonyms
     • call on the carpet
     • take to task
     • rebuke
     • rag
     • trounce
     • lecture
     • reprimand
     • jaw
     • dress down
     • call down
     • scold
     • chide
     • berate
     • bawl out
     • remonstrate
     • chew out
     • chew up
     • have words
     • lambast
   • Less specific
     • knock
     • criticize
     • criticise
     • pick apart
   • More specific
     • chastise
     • castigate
     • objurgate
     • chasten
     • correct
     • tell off
     • brush down
   • Related
     • chiding
     • scolding
     • objurgation
     • tongue-lashing
     • scold
     • scolder
     • nag
     • nagger
     • common scold
     • chiding
     • scolding
     • objurgation
     • tongue-lashing
     • rebuke
     • reproof
     • reproval
     • reprehension
     • reprimand
     • lecture
     • speech
     • talking to
     • upbraider
     • reprover
     • reproacher
     • rebuker
     • rebuke
     • reproof
     • reproval
     • reprehension
     • reprimand

• From LookUp Verb

1. criticize (someone or something) harshly they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth