lambast, v.
(lambasted, lambasting, lambasts)
(lambasted, lambasting, lambasts)
censure severely or angrily
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce
sample sentences
"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"
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
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Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
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Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
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Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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