Sunday, April 1, 2007

"WORD OF THE DAY"

LAMBASTE

5 comments:

Madhur said...

beat

Anonymous said...

lambaste

1. criticize strongly: to criticize somebody or something severely
2. whip: to beat or whip somebody (archaic)
attack, lay into (informal), castigate (formal), tell off (informal), upbraid, reprimand, criticize, reprove, scold, excoriate (formal), deride, slate, lash, condemn, have your knife in

Anonymous said...

berate,scold

FLORINA said...

to criticise somebody , or attack somebody severely in public

word origin
LAM + BASTE
lam = hitting hard
baste= to thrash

Nikhil said...

thrash or beat

the pickpokeer was lambasted by the angry crowd