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"
synonyms : bawl out , berate , call down , call on the carpet , chew out , chew up , chide , dress down , have words , jaw , lambast , lecture , rag , rebuke , remonstrate , reprimand , reproof , scold , take to task , trounce
please, i have absolutely no desire to be the object of her berating all night long. -added by diviya_inlas
(verb) beat with a cane
synonyms : cane , flog , lambast

Mnemonics for lambaste

(Tag: global) lambaste sounds like namaste(in hindi), which is a respectful greeting. lambaste is precisely opposite of that
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(Tag: Global) Lambaste will remind u of BLAST!!!
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(Tag: ) Lam (baste) <--> Bastille --- was attacked. Lambaste is to attack verbally
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(Tag: hindi) lamb + bate >>> lamb ko bohot MAARNA..
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(Tag: hindi) lambe lambe dena means to thrash somebody
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