The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RIP , but the solution may also be BERATE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Lambaste crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIP | 16 % | 3 |
| RAILAT | 14 % | 6 |
| SLAM | 11 % | 4 |
| SCOLD | 5 % | 5 |
| LAYINTO | 5 % | 7 |
| CREAM | 5 % | 5 |
| RIPINTO | 5 % | 7 |
| SKEWER | 4 % | 6 |
| LARRUP | 4 % | 6 |
| BERATE | 4 % | 6 |
| PUMMEL | 4 % | 6 |
| TELLOFF | 2 % | 7 |
| TEEOFFON | 2 % | 8 |
| SHELLAC | 2 % | 7 |
| PASTE | 2 % | 5 |
| FLOG | 2 % | 4 |
| THRASH | 2 % | 6 |
| WALLOP | 2 % | 6 |
| UPBRAID | 2 % | 7 |
| SLUG | 2 % | 4 |
| DUMPON | 2 % | 6 |
| TEARINTO | 2 % | 8 |
| ASSAIL | 2 % | 6 |
| FLAY | 2 % | 4 |
| FLAIL | 2 % | 5 |
Why may BERATE be the right solution?
"Berate" means to scold or criticize someone angrily. This fits the definition of "lambaste," which also means to criticize severely.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lambaste
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dress down
- berate
- chide
- chew out
- reprimand
- rebuke
- reproof
- have words
- remonstrate
- bawl out
- rag
- scold
Crossword Answer definitions
RIP noun- A tear (in paper, etc.).
- A type of tide or current.
- A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- A hit (dose) of marijuana.
- (Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
- Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
- Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- Something ripped off or stolen; plagiarism.
- A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
- To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
- To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
- To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
- To move quickly and destructively.
- To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
- To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- (narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.
- To fart.
- To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)
- To steal; to rip off.
- To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
- To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
- To surf extremely well.
- A wicker basket for fish.
- A worthless horse; a nag.
- An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
- A handful of unthreshed grain.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RIP
- Lacerate
- __-roaring
- Come apart
- Cut apart
- En-graved letters?
- __ off (steal)
- Run in a stocking, e.g.
- Final sentiment, initially
- Torn from Texas
- ___-roaring start?
More clues leading to the result RAILAT
- Give the business
- Target with invective
- Tear a new one
- Berate
- Lambaste
- Criticize harshly
- Chew out
- Inveigh against
- Take to task
- Bawl out
More clues leading to the result SLAM
- Bridge coup
- Bridge triumph
- Criticize harshly
- Harsh criticism
- Shut forcefully
- Shut hard
- __-dunk
- Big name in basketball magazines
- Bridge feat
- Close a door with force
More clues leading to the result SCOLD
- Dress down
- Give a talking-to to
- Read the riot act to
- Give somebody the business
- Rake over the coals
- Give a tongue-lashing
- Virago
- Chide
- Wag an index at
- Upbraid
More clues leading to the result LAYINTO
- Attack
- Scold severely
- Assail
- Verbally assault
- Hit hard
- Attack verbally
- Lambaste
- Let have it
- Scold harshly
- Attack vigorously
More clues leading to the result CREAM
- Beat the daylights out of
- Defeat decisively
- Word with ice or cold
- Crop top?
- Cold or ice ender
- Best of the best
- 1960s rock group
- Baker, Bruce, and Clapton
- Elite
- Dairy purchase
More clues leading to the result RIPINTO
- Criticize without mercy
- Go at hard
- Lambaste
- Attack
- Assail
- Attack verbally
- Chew out
- Castigate
- Criticize harshly
- Start tearing
More clues leading to the result SKEWER
- Lambaste
- Roast during a roast
- Food sticker?
- Stick with appetizers
- Shish kebab pin
- Lamb kabob holder
- Run through
- Shish kebab stick
- Shish kebab need
- Kabob holder
More clues leading to the result LARRUP
More clues leading to the result BERATE
- Take to task
- Tear into
- Scold
- Chew out
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Dress down
- Tell off big-time
- Assail verbally
- Put down
- Chide
More clues leading to the result PUMMEL
More clues leading to the result TELLOFF
More clues leading to the result TEEOFFON
More clues leading to the result SHELLAC
- Beat badly
- Beat but good
- Varnish
- Whomp in sports
- Wood finish
- Wood coating
- Clobber
- Trounce
- Thin varnish used in finishing
- Defeat decisively
More clues leading to the result PASTE
- Artificial gems
- Fake jewelry
- Kindergarten adhesive
- Wallpaper ____
- Sham rocks
- Stickum
- Cheap jewelry
- Hit hard
- Kindergartener's goo
- Artificial gem
More clues leading to the result FLOG
- Lash
- Whup
- Give a whipping
- Whip
- Beat with a stick
- Give a whupping to
- Use a cat-o'-nine-tails on
- Aggressively publicize
- Thrash
- Strike with a whip
More clues leading to the result THRASH
More clues leading to the result WALLOP
- Deliver a haymaker
- Sock
- Sock or belt
- Paste, in a way
- Belt
- Paste in the ring
- Hard hit
- Hit, and how!
- Big bop
- Really slug
More clues leading to the result UPBRAID
- Scold severely
- Scold
- Censure
- Criticize severely
- Lambaste
- Reprove sharply.
- Reprimand
- Read the riot act to
- Tongue-lash
- Chew out
More clues leading to the result SLUG
- Hit hard
- Take a swing at
- Punch
- Belt
- Hit but good
- Vending machine cheater
- Sock
- Slothful sort
- Shot of liquor
- Fake coin
More clues leading to the result DUMPON
- Tell one's problems to
- Burden with one's problems
- Lambaste
- Attack verbally
- Criticize harshly
- Really criticize
- Inundate, as with work
- Treat like garbage
More clues leading to the result TEARINTO
- Attack
- Attack unrestrainedly
- Attack violently
- Make a vigorous start
- Verbally assault
- Scold harshly
- Impulsively attack
- Rip verbally
- Attack verbally
- Have at
More clues leading to the result ASSAIL
More clues leading to the result FLAY
- TV chef Bobby
- Peel off, as skin
- Whip
- Chew out
- Scold severely
- Celebrity chef Bobby
- Celebrity chef Bobby of "Boy Meets Grill"
- Horsewhip
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Scold scathingly