lambaste

lambaste is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To beat severely. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To beat severely.
2. verb. censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

   Synonyms: berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce

3. verb. beat with a cane

   Synonyms: cane, flog, lambast

Synonyms

berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce, cane, flog

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lambaste:

blastema

Common word forms

lambasted, lambastes, lambasting

Words from these letters

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