Words that rhyme with lambaste

  • aftertaste
    n 1: an afterimage of a taste
  • aghast
    adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]
  • barefaced
    adj 1: with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" [syn: bald, barefaced] 2: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
  • 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]
  • 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
  • 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]
  • cased
    adj 1: covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette" [syn: cased, encased, incased] 2: enclosed in a case
  • cast
    n 1: the actors in a play [syn: cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae] 2: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens [syn: mold, mould, cast] 3: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp] 4: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast] 5: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal [syn: cast, plaster cast, plaster bandage] 6: object formed by a mold [syn: cast, casting] 7: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll] 8: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel [syn: casting, cast] 9: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast] v 1: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw] 2: deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot" 3: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" 4: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast] 5: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" 6: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 7: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" [syn: cast, mold, mould] 8: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop] 9: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw, cast] 10: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] 11: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
  • caste
    n 1: social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" 2: (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity 3: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth 4: in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • faced
    adj 1: having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace" [ant: faceless]
  • fast
    adv 1: quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters" 2: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight] adj 1: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" [ant: slow] 2: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast" [ant: slow] 3: at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot" [ant: slow] 4: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay" 5: resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors" 6: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast] 7: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: flying, quick, fast] 8: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile] 9: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends" [syn: firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)] 10: (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens" n 1: abstaining from food [syn: fast, fasting] v 1: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" 2: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
  • foretaste
    n 1: an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
  • glassed
    adj 1: fitted or covered with glass; "four glazed walls" [syn: glazed, glassed] [ant: glassless, unglazed]
  • harassed
    adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed]
  • haste
    n 1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation] 2: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry, rush, rushing] 3: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" [syn: hurry, haste]
  • 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"
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • outlast
    v 1: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlive, outlast, survive]
  • pantywaist
    n 1: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • 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]
  • shamefaced
    adj 1: extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor 2: showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced, sheepish] 3: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed]
  • shirtwaist
    n 1: a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" [syn: shirtwaist, shirtwaister]
  • spaced
    adj 1: spaced apart [syn: separated, spaced] 2: arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form; "widely spaced eyes" [ant: unspaced]
  • 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"
  • toothpaste
    n 1: a dentifrice in the form of a paste
  • unchaste
    adj 1: not chaste; "unchaste conduct" [ant: chaste]
  • 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]
  • vast
    adj 1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian]
  • 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]
  • straitlaced
    adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
  • 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
  • clast
    n 1: (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
  • nast
    n 1: United States political cartoonist (1840-1902) [syn: Nast, Thomas Nast]
  • lymphoblast
    n 1: an immature lymphocyte
  • abased
  • aced
  • amassed
  • asked
  • boldfaced
  • classed
  • displaced
  • embraced
  • erased
  • gassed
  • graced
  • grassed
  • hast
  • massed
  • paced
  • passed
  • raced
  • replaced
  • traced
  • untraced
  • defaced
  • posthaste
  • assed
  • ast
  • kast
  • everlast
  • mayst
  • overhaste
  • gast
  • avast

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