The man lashed out at me when I asked if it was his own hair.
If you lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet. Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators Her husband has a terrible temper and lashes out at her when he's angry
attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically. As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press