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PRONUNCIATION OF LAMBASTE

lambaste  [læmˈbeɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAMBASTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lambaste is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lambaste in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LAMBASTE

PRESENT

Present
I lambaste
you lambaste
he/she/it lambastes
we lambaste
you lambaste
they lambaste
Present continuous
I am lambasting
you are lambasting
he/she/it is lambasting
we are lambasting
you are lambasting
they are lambasting
Present perfect
I have lambasted
you have lambasted
he/she/it has lambasted
we have lambasted
you have lambasted
they have lambasted
Present perfect continuous
I have been lambasting
you have been lambasting
he/she/it has been lambasting
we have been lambasting
you have been lambasting
they have been lambasting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I lambasted
you lambasted
he/she/it lambasted
we lambasted
you lambasted
they lambasted
Past continuous
I was lambasting
you were lambasting
he/she/it was lambasting
we were lambasting
you were lambasting
they were lambasting
Past perfect
I had lambasted
you had lambasted
he/she/it had lambasted
we had lambasted
you had lambasted
they had lambasted
Past perfect continuous
I had been lambasting
you had been lambasting
he/she/it had been lambasting
we had been lambasting
you had been lambasting
they had been lambasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will lambaste
you will lambaste
he/she/it will lambaste
we will lambaste
you will lambaste
they will lambaste
Future continuous
I will be lambasting
you will be lambasting
he/she/it will be lambasting
we will be lambasting
you will be lambasting
they will be lambasting
Future perfect
I will have lambasted
you will have lambasted
he/she/it will have lambasted
we will have lambasted
you will have lambasted
they will have lambasted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been lambasting
you will have been lambasting
he/she/it will have been lambasting
we will have been lambasting
you will have been lambasting
they will have been lambasting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would lambaste
you would lambaste
he/she/it would lambaste
we would lambaste
you would lambaste
they would lambaste
Conditional continuous
I would be lambasting
you would be lambasting
he/she/it would be lambasting
we would be lambasting
you would be lambasting
they would be lambasting
Conditional perfect
I would have lambaste
you would have lambaste
he/she/it would have lambaste
we would have lambaste
you would have lambaste
they would have lambaste
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been lambasting
you would have been lambasting
he/she/it would have been lambasting
we would have been lambasting
you would have been lambasting
they would have been lambasting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lambaste
we let´s lambaste
you lambaste
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lambaste
Past participle
lambasted
Present Participle
lambasting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAMBASTE


based
beɪst
baste
beɪst
broad-based
ˌbrɔːdˈbeɪst
chip-based
ˈtʃɪpˌbeɪst
debased
dɪˈbeɪst
displaced
dɪsˈpleɪst
haste
heɪst
knowledge-based
ˈnɒlɪdʒˌbeɪst
misplaced
ˌmɪsˈpleɪst
paste
peɪst
soil-based
ˈsɔɪlˌbeɪst
spaced
speɪst
surbased
ˈsɜːˌbeɪst
taste
teɪst
toothpaste
ˈtuːθˌpeɪst
unbased
ʌnˈbeɪst
undebased
ˌʌndɪˈbeɪst
waist
weɪst
waste
weɪst
zero-based
ˈzɪərəʊˌbeɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAMBASTE

lamb´s ears
lamb´s fry
lamb´s lettuce
lamb´s lugs
lamb´s tails
lamb´s tongue
lamb´s wool
lamb´s-quarters
lambada
lambast
lambda
lambda calculus
lambdacism
lambdoid
lambdoidal
lambency
lambent
lambently
lamber
lambert

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAMBASTE

aftertaste
almond paste
caste
chaste
cineaste
copy and paste
cut and paste
distaste
fish paste
hazardous waste
industrial waste
intermediate-level waste
lay waste
namaste
nuclear waste
out-waste
radioactive waste
subcaste
tomato paste
toxic waste

Synonyms and antonyms of lambaste in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LAMBASTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lambaste» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lambaste

Translation of «lambaste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAMBASTE

Find out the translation of lambaste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lambaste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lambaste» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大骂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lambaste
570 millions of speakers

English

lambaste
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोड़े से मारना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lambaste
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lambaste
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lambaste
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আচ্র্ছারকম মারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fustiger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lambaste
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lambaste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳しく批判する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세게 때리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lambaste
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lambaste
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுமையாகத் திட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाम्बेस्टे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fırça atmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lambaste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lambaste
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lambaste
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lambaste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλώνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aftuigen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

KLÅ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lambaste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lambaste

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMBASTE»

The term «lambaste» is regularly used and occupies the 97.277 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMBASTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lambaste» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lambaste» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lambaste

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAMBASTE»

Discover the use of lambaste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lambaste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, ...
Beat, thrash and lambaste are fighting words. The quote from 1637 says, “Stand offa while and see how Ile lambaste him.” In 1678 Edward Phillips wrote: “ Otherwise they would be fin'd, and lambasted with a good Cudgel.” And in 1837 a very ...
Bill Sherk, 2004
2
English as it is Broken 2
Lambaste. or. lambast? fel What is the difference between 'lambast' and ' lambaste'? £f The two words actually mean the same thing (that is, to beat or scold) and both spellings of the word are acceptable.
Panpac Education Private Limited, 2008
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
A small lacus was a lacuna, which became laguna in Spanish and Italian, and became lagoon [E17th] in English. lam see LAMBASTE lama [M17th] This honorific title applied to a spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism is from Tibetan bla -ma (the ...
Julia Cresswell, 2010
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
Use lambaste. To lambaste (lam-BASTE) is to criticize someone severely, to scold or berate. Lamblaste means nothing other than that its user is an inattentive listener, an infrequent reader. L — The Cornell Daily Sun landlover Misused for ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
5
The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
1. assail; assault; attack; batter; beat; cudgel; flagellate; flog; hit; lambaste; lash; lick; mangle; pound; pummel; strike; thrash; trounce. 2. beat; conquer; crush; defeat; outdo; overcome; overpower; overwhelm; prevail; quell; rout; succeed; triumph ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
6
Intonation and Its Parts: Melody in Spoken English
wonder if perhaps it does have some sort of meaning when it occurs as lambaste with that intonation. But the point is that whether outdo or lambaste here is intended as an "accent of interest" or an "accent of power," the reason for accenting ...
Dwight Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton Bolinger, 1986
7
Timescanner: The Future Has Been Postponed
The unnamed source claimed that he had seen Lambaste working for the Liberal Likud party there on Ben-Gurion. Lambaste vigorously denied that he was a liberal and pointed out that the Likud party although not staunchly conservative was ...
Phil N. Good, 2001
8
Journal Gems: How to Keep a Daily Diary
Know Your 19 Oct I worked in my office all day getting prepared for the Know Religion 1984 Your Religion lecture series, which starts tonight. We had 165 people show up for the lecture. It came off really well. Lambaste 14 Nov Today, ...
Robert Uda, 2005
9
Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... swat, wham 5 blast, burst, crack, crash, fling, knock, pound, slash, slate, smack, smash, swipe, whack 6 batter, cudgel, hammer, scathe, strike, thwack, wallop 7 clobber, obloquy, potshot, scourge 8 lambaste, lash into 9 aspersion, bastinado,  ...
‎1995
10
Common Errors in English Usage
lamblast/lambaste kick-start/jump-start You revive a dead battery by jolting it to life with a jumper cable: an extraordinary measure used in an emergency. So if you hope to stimulate a foundering economy, you want to jump-start it. Kick- starting ...
Paul Brians, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAMBASTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lambaste is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: Kid Rock skips Confederate flag talk in Tampa, delivers all …
Unlike his fellow Motor City Madman Ted Nugent, who never misses an opportunity to lambaste all things left-wing, Rock more or less plays to ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
2
There was truth in Trump's statements
... it is disturbing to me that we have so many people in this country who are eager to lambaste someone for exercising his freedom of speech. «Mount Airy News, Jul 15»
3
Analysis: The black president some worried about has arrived
And he didn't lambaste law enforcement. Still, this Obama didn't do what he has so many times before. He didn't lecture black America about its ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
4
MAVIS BECKLES: Her Majesty's hotel at Dodds
I COULD remember when the Bees was in power and the Dees was in opposition, how the Dees used tuh lambaste the Bees 'bout taking up ... «Nation News, Jul 15»
5
President Obama Turns Ugly Glare on Cosby and Rape - CityWatch
They lambaste them as liars, cheats, and gold diggers, or ridicule and demean them as sluts. If things get too hot, they toss out a few dollars in ... «City Watch, Jul 15»
6
Black People, Putty People.
Black folks are arguing whether we should support or lambaste the Supremes for their actions, which were followed by the President calling the ... «ThyBlackMan, Jul 15»
7
Blood and Thunder: An Interview With Chips & Beer
Metal publications have taken it upon themselves to lambaste anything offensive, but strangely racism in metal, a substantial problem, seems to ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
8
Prof. Dodoo eats back his words
It will be paradoxical to lambaste Parliament because I work with institutions including Parliament...". "I offer my sincere and unconditional ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
9
Iran Deal Applauded By Experts Deemed Scary, Start Of "World War …
On the July 14 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Sean Hannity hosted former Vice President Dick Cheney to lambaste the Iran nuclear deal, asking ... «Media Matters for America, Jul 15»
10
'We Are Entering a Cultural Civil War': Lawyer's Warning About …
Staver went on to lambaste the five supreme court justices who legalized gay marriage — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Sonia ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»

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