Words that rhyme with lambast

  • aghast
    adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]
  • based
    adj 1: having a base; "firmly based ice" 2: having a base of operations (often used as a combining form); "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes"
  • baste
    n 1: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking] v 1: cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast" 2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter] 3: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [syn: baste, tack]
  • bedfast
    adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]
  • blast
    n 1: a very long fly ball 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam] 3: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [syn: gust, blast, blow] 4: an explosion (as of dynamite) 5: a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" [syn: good time, blast] 6: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] v 1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" [syn: blast, blare] 2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail, boom, blast] 3: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell] 4: apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us" 5: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell] 6: make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" 7: fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" [syn: blast, shoot] 8: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify] 9: shatter as if by explosion [syn: blast, knock down] 10: shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
  • bombast
    n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
  • braced
    adj 1: positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger; "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced" 2: held up by braces or buttresses [syn: braced, buttressed]
  • broadcast
    n 1: message that is transmitted by radio or television 2: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme] v 1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit] 2: sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" 3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
  • chased
    n 1: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: pursued, chased]
  • chaste
    adj 1: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste" [ant: unchaste] 2: pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers" 3: abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
  • chloroplast
    n 1: plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
  • contrast
    n 1: the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast" [syn: contrast, direct contrast] 2: the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 3: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast] 4: the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors 5: the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) v 1: put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student" 2: to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" [syn: contrast, counterpoint]
  • counterblast
    n 1: a vigorous and unrestrained response; "her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband"
  • debased
    adj 1: mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated, debased] 2: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency" [syn: debased, devalued, degraded] 3: ruined in character or quality [syn: corrupted, debased, vitiated]
  • disgraced
    adj 1: suffering shame [syn: discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed]
  • distaste
    n 1: a feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy, aversion, distaste]
  • dynast
    n 1: a hereditary ruler
  • ecdysiast
    n 1: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music [syn: stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler]
  • encased
    adj 1: covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette" [syn: cased, encased, incased]
  • enthusiast
    n 1: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan, partizan] 2: a person having a strong liking for something [syn: fancier, enthusiast]
  • erythroblast
    n 1: a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop
  • fantast
    n 1: someone who predicts the future [syn: fantast, futurist]
  • flabbergast
    v 1: overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn: flabbergast, boggle, bowl over]
  • flypast
    n 1: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground [syn: flyover, fly-by, flypast]
  • foretaste
    n 1: an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
  • gymnast
    n 1: an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
  • holdfast
    n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]
  • hypoblast
    n 1: the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems [syn: endoderm, entoderm, endoblast, entoblast, hypoblast]
  • iconoclast
    n 1: a destroyer of images used in religious worship [syn: iconoclast, image breaker] 2: someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
  • interlaced
    adj 1: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework [syn: fretted, interlaced, latticed, latticelike]
  • laced
    adj 1: closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: laced, tied] [ant: unlaced, untied] 2: edged or streaked with color; "white blossoms with purple- laced petals"
  • lambaste
    v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast] 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" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
  • last
    adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London" 2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally] adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: first] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal] 4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" 6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] 7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last, utmost] 8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last] 9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: last, last-place, lowest] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" 4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage] 8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last] v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]
  • mainmast
    n 1: the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
  • mast
    n 1: a vertical spar for supporting sails 2: nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground 3: nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine 4: any sturdy upright pole
  • miscast
    v 1: cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
  • misplaced
    adj 1: put in the wrong place or position; "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent" 2: lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" [syn: mislaid, misplaced]
  • mizzenmast
    n 1: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy [syn: mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizen]
  • newscast
    n 1: a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
  • outcast
    adj 1: excluded from a society [syn: friendless, outcast] n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
  • outcaste
    adj 1: not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person" [syn: outcaste, casteless] n 1: a person belonging to no caste
  • past
    adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" [syn: by, past] adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" [ant: future, present(a)] 2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)] n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: past, past times, yesteryear] [ant: future, futurity, hereafter, time to come] 2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past [syn: past, past tense]
  • paste
    n 1: any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency 2: a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry 3: an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard [syn: paste, library paste] 4: a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes [syn: spread, paste] v 1: join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" [syn: glue, paste] 2: hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent" 3: cover the surface of; "paste the wall with burlap"
  • pederast
    n 1: a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner [syn: pederast, paederast, child molester]
  • placed
    adj 1: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, set, situated] 2: put in position in relation to other things; "end tables placed conveniently"
  • rebroadcast
    n 1: a broadcast that repeated at a later time v 1: broadcast again, as of a film [syn: rerun, rebroadcast]
  • recast
    v 1: cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago" 2: cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn: recast, remold, remould] 3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" [syn: recast, reforge, remodel]
  • repast
    n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: meal, repast]
  • roughcast
    n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls 2: a rough preliminary model v 1: shape roughly 2: apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" 3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" [syn: rough-hew, roughcast]
  • simulcast
    n 1: a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)
  • spaced
    adj 1: spaced apart [syn: separated, spaced] 2: arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form; "widely spaced eyes" [ant: unspaced]
  • sportscast
    n 1: a broadcast of sports news or commentary v 1: broadcast a sports event
  • steadfast
    adj 1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" [syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering] 2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: steadfast, staunch, unswerving]
  • taste
    n 1: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" [syn: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception] 2: a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference, penchant, predilection, taste] 3: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness] 4: a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence" 5: a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it" [syn: taste, mouthful] 6: the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste" [syn: taste, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality] 7: a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting" [syn: taste, tasting] v 1: have flavor; taste of something [syn: taste, savor, savour] 2: perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?" 3: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" [syn: sample, try, try out, taste] 4: have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" [syn: smack, taste] 5: distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night" 6: experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
  • telecast
    n 1: a television broadcast v 1: broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised" [syn: telecast, televise]
  • topmast
    n 1: the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and- aft rig
  • typecast
    v 1: cast repeatedly in the same kind of role 2: identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" [syn: type, typecast]
  • unplaced
    adj 1: not one of the first three in a race or competition
  • unsurpassed
    adj 1: not capable of being improved on [syn: unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed]
  • waist
    n 1: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn: waist, waistline] 2: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole [syn: shank, waist]
  • waste
    adj 1: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: godforsaken, waste, wild] n 1: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" [syn: waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product] 2: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" [syn: waste, wastefulness, dissipation] 3: the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" [syn: thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness] 4: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste, wasteland] 5: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect [syn: waste, permissive waste] v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: waste, blow, squander] [ant: conserve, economise, economize, husband] 2: use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" 3: get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" 4: run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" [syn: waste, run off] 5: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in] 6: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, waste, ware] 7: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away, waste, languish] 8: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" [syn: waste, emaciate, macerate] 9: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge] 10: become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: waste, rot]
  • bast
    n 1: strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants [syn: bast, bast fiber] 2: (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes [syn: phloem, bast] 3: cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
  • belfast
    n 1: capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland [syn: Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland]
  • upcast
    n 1: air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
  • mesoblast
    n 1: the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue [syn: mesoderm, mesoblast]
  • trophoblast
    n 1: the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall; "after implantation of the blastocyst in the uterine wall the trophoblast divides into two layers, the chorion and the placenta"
  • symposiast
    n 1: someone who participates in a symposium
  • headfast
    n 1: a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf
  • abased
  • aced
  • cineaste
  • dismast
  • displaced
  • embraced
  • encomiast
  • erased
  • graced
  • hast
  • leucoplast
  • oblast
  • replaced
  • retraced
  • traced
  • defaced
  • avast
  • lightfast
  • sunfast
  • epiblast
  • leucoblast
  • prendergast
  • arblast
  • beechmast
  • lockfast
  • unsteadfast

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