lambaste

Verb

Synonyms: cane flog lambast call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

beat with a caneSynonyms: cane flog lambast
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 reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambast

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lambaste \Lam*baste"\, v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. [Low] --Nares.

Syn: cane, flog, lambaste. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2.to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.

Syn: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew out, chew up, have words with, lambast. [WordNet 1.5]