Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for lambaste. Search instead for tramsigaste.
Definitions

lambaste

[lam-bayst, -bast] / læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæst /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It’s one thing for Mamdani supporters to imbibe “eat the rich” rhetoric, it’s another to lambaste small-time shopkeepers as greedy exploiters when they are the backbone of neighborhood food provision and cultural cohesion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

But after hearing, over the course of the docuseries, British broadcasters lambaste Victoria about everything from her weight to her naivety, it feels like she’s earned it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

No—Ackman’s saved his invective to lambaste perceived wrongdoings at Harvard, instead.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023

If you will tell me your last name, too, I'll try and lambaste the children into callin' you proper.

From Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Schwab’s recent correspondence lambasts the Forum’s board for deploying money and using advisers to diminish his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In his 1989 journal article "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine," Berry lambasts the era's burgeoning tech revolution with jarring prescience:

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023

JJ, for instance, lambasts his dad for committing “human rights violations” and the senior Shaft complains about his son’s taste for exposed brick and coconut water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019

"I'm not suggesting she does a Hugh Grant-type public scene," he said, referring to a scene from the film Love Actually, in which a UK prime minister lambasts an American president.

From BBC ● May 10, 2019

Related: Jeb Bush lambasts both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Ron Michaels, a retired General Motors employee, said Bush stood out as having “a steady hand on the wheel”.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2015

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday, Seoul's military said, with the launch coming after Pyongyang lambasted Japan's military build-up in the Pacific.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

It was then that Tuchel may well have given the game away when he heaped praise on England's mentality but lambasted their lack of quality.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some customers have lambasted the bots on social media, while others prefer them to a garbled voice squawking from a speaker box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

In 2011, Acuña was one of many authors who saw their works lambasted by then-Arizona Atty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

I have added to my unpopularity by the manner in which I lambasted the repressionist element in the campaign just closed.

From The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Robert E. Bell

Occasionally, he has had heated arguments with the media, lambasting outlets for "misplacing" their focus.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

But after countless reader comments lambasting me for not getting one, I’m convinced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

"On the way out, some of the prisoners came out of their cells and started lambasting the away side for losing the game," Tony says.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

But it seemed to inspire others: several influential acts subsequently left the service, lambasting Ek for investing his personal fortune into an AI weapons firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer


Vocabulary lists containing lambaste

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training