It's a judgment that some no doubt will lambaste as arbitrary, even biased.
And where they often end up is in supermarket tabs, which lambaste stars for any perceived physical flaws.
And for those who lambaste globalization as a curse and threat, simmer down.
One is to lambaste those that don't see it as you do.
Critics lambaste adventure literature for trumpeting colonialist white supremacy propaganda too.
British Dictionary definitions for lambaste
lambast
/læmˈbæst/
verb (transitive)
1.
to beat or whip severely
2.
to reprimand or scold
Word Origin
C17: perhaps from lam1 + baste³
Word Origin and History for lambaste
v.
1630s, from lam (1590s, ultimately from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse lemja "to beat, to lame") + baste "to thrash" (see baste). Related: Lambasted; lambasting.
Slang definitions & phrases for lambaste
lambaste
verb
To hit very hard; thrash; clobber: They lambasted the suspect mercilessly
To disparage strongly; castigate: A woman psychologist today lambasted the idea that ''mom is to blame''
[1637+; ultimately fr British lam and baste, both ''beat'']