lambaste
- sense 1: beat with a cane
- cane flog lambaste lambast
- sense 2: 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"; "check" is archaic
- rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress_down scold chide berate bawl_out remonstrate chew_out chew_up have_words lambaste lambast