Associations to the word «Lambaste»

Wiktionary

LAMBASTE, verb. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
LAMBASTE, verb. (dated) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

Dictionary definition

LAMBASTE, verb. Beat with a cane.
LAMBASTE, verb. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope