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
  • Mangione was found with a three-page handwritten manifesto criticizing the U.S. healthcare system.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Many people made public statements in support of Thompson, his family, and the capture of his killer, but others on social media celebrated the demise of a powerful figure in an industry often criticized for its denials of healthcare coverage.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of criticize
Verb
  • When Reagan fulminated against the Soviet Union, his aides, fearing nuclear war, challenged him.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But instead of cheering in paradise, there would be fulminating in Fairfax, Va.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of fulminate
Verb
  • Back in the big orange room, LaRoche chides them for paying Sam a visit without him and blows off the suggestion that McGee might be able to use his pull in the publishing world to get his hands on a full copy of Sam’s manuscript.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday night chided President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter, asking if those prosecuted for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 would also get a pass.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of chide
Verb
  • Luckily for anyone still Christmas shopping, however, the court has continued pressing Giuliani for his assets, which are expected to be sold at auction to pay for a portion of the damages owed to the plaintiffs, whom Giuliani libelled with false claims of election malfeasance.
    Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of libel
Verb
  • Celebrities have been chastised less for running people over.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the mayor's critics, including City Comptroller Brad Lander who will run against Adams in the Democratic primary, chastised the mayor for meeting with Homan.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 Dec. 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
  • Her critics rebuked her for that even in the final hours of Election Day.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Republicans on the committee swiftly rebuked Rachlin.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of rebuke
Verb
  • Faced with claims of enabling fentanyl supply, officials from both China and Mexico have reprimanded the U.S. for enabling the drug’s demand.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The 49ers wasted no time in reprimanding Campbell for his action.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of reprimand
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