lash (out)

verb

Definition of lash (out)next
as in to criticize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lash (out)
  1. criticize
  2. fulminate
  3. chide
  4. libel
  5. chastise
  6. slander
  7. rebuke
  8. reprimand
Verb
  • Thao, the first Hmong American mayor to lead a major American city, was criticized shortly after taking office for letting go of a police chief and taking months to replace him.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • But the group has largely been shy about criticizing Trump openly.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of criticize
Verb
  • All the while, Trump continued to fulminate on the stump.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • When Reagan fulminated against the Soviet Union, his aides, fearing nuclear war, challenged him.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of fulminate
Verb
  • After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
  • After the game, Chargers edge rusher Khalil Mack chided Fox in the locker room for missing Winston at one point and failing to get a third sack.
    Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of chide
Verb
  • Angered by both the initial post and the follow-up, Mann filed a lawsuit against National Review in October of 2012, claiming that both Steyn and Lowry had not only libeled him, but were guilty of the intentional infliction of emotional distress.
    The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • This quickly arose this question: What happens when somebody libels somebody in an online forum?
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
Definition of libel
Verb
  • The book details her public split with Leo’s father, Darius Jackson, who chastised her on social media for her appearance at an Usher concert last year.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • After the district chastised Doe for using the boys restroom, other students began to harass him over his gender identity, according to the suit.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of chastise
Verb
  • Aside from slandering some of the hard-working staff members at federal statistics agencies, such assertions ignore the fact that independent, private estimates also show strong job growth and low inflation.
    Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The reading of history damps down the impulse to slander the trend and tenor of the times, instills a sense of humor, lessens our fear of what might happen tomorrow.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
Definition of slander
Verb
  • Though New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey has filed motions for Judge Sommer to reconsider her decision to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin, Sommer rebuked those arguments and has declined to reconsider Morrissey's case multiple times in recent months.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Ellis said the story lacked necessary context about GLAAD's work, a claim that the Times rebuked.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of rebuke
Verb
  • Judge denies Preston Lord defendant's request to return case to grand jury Cochise County judge reprimanded for issuing improper arrest warrant Tucson robbery cases for the year's first nine months were tacked at 598, reflecting a spike of 25 from all of last year.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee reprimanded the heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security for failing to appear for an annual hearing.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of reprimand
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