LASH (OUT) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

lash (out)

verb

Definition of lash (out)

as in to criticize

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One candidate promises to lower gas and grocery prices and criticizes the incumbent for not doing so (as if politicians can control the market).

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Osborn has been traveling across Nebraska to hold meetings in all 93 counties, and has repeatedly criticized Ricketts for not holding town halls to meet with constituents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticize

Verb

Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

Definition of fulminate

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The advertising campaign has drawn criticism from those on the Left and the Right, who chided the administration for using taxpayer dollars for ads that appear political in nature.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
However chiding his moralism could be, Hawthorne was on intimate terms with American psychosis, the afterbirth of Puritanism.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of chide

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In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.

— George Pendle, airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025

Definition of libel

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Anderson and Lago chastised Castro, accusing her of using city funds to help cover personal expenses to attend her ethics hearing.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Frett then headed to Judge Guy Mitchell’s courtroom, where court officers chastised him for talking on his phone and refusing to take down his hoodie.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of chastise

Verb

Yet what follows is an extended list of ethical sins, with a focus on the sins of abusive speech, such as slandering, slurring, slighting and smearing the reputations of others.

— Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Her attorneys allege that Morris conspired with Gateway leaders to slander and defame Clemishire in order to protect himself and his organization.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of slander

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Still, his conciliatory tone in Munich came as a relief to European officials after Vice President JD Vance had used the same stage a year earlier to sharply rebuke the continent's leaders.

— Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Manuel Bompard, a deputy of the French National Assembly who is also a member of France Unbowed, rebuked Macron by name for implying that his party was responsible for the chaos.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebuke

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She was reprimanded by the House Rules and Ethics Committee for her stunt with the bullhorn.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
My mother reprimanded me for taking a sip from a cocktail glass without first removing the little plastic swizzle stick that often comes in a drink.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of reprimand

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