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
  • Adra chuckles, gently chiding his friend for his impatience and his need to effect change immediately.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The big picture: Black men also have become a focal point in battleground states Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with Democrats courting them — and sometimes chiding them for not getting firmly behind Harris, a Black woman.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 18 Oct. 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 60-year-old continued his cryptic message, chastising liars and those who propagate and promote falsehoods and inauthenticity.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The interplay between pervert audience and chastising host is a delicate dance, as old as time.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 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
  • In the months since, Whitaker has criticized and reprimanded the prosecution over its disorganized handling of the case.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Sometimes the moderator might also jump onto that bandwagon and reprimand the missing candidate.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of reprimand
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lash (out)

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