lam·bast lambasts lambasting lambasted in AM, usually use lambaste If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public. Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization. to criticize someone or something very strongly, usually in public = slate (Probably from lam ( LAM) + baste)
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"