lash out

Questions about lash out

What does lash out mean?

lash out means "attack in speech or writing".

What is another word for lash out?

Close synonyms include attack, round, assail, snipe, assault. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lash out a common word?

lash out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.