läksyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- berate verb To scold someone harshly and at length.
- lambaste verb To criticize someone very strongly and angrily.
- lecture noun A talk given to teach an audience about a subject.
- rebuke noun A sharp expression of disapproval; a scolding.
- roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.
Senses
läksyttää is used for these senses in English:
- berate (transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.
- get onto (transitive) To scold someone; to pressure someone; to criticize someone.
- lambaste To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- lecture (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
- rebuke (of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.
- roast To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- roast (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- tell off (transitive) To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.
lambaste — full definition
- verb To criticize someone very strongly and angrily.
- verb To hit someone hard and repeatedly.
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