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1.Lambaste<\/span> (<\/span>verb<\/span>)<\/span>
\nMeaning:<\/span> criticize (someone or something) harshly.
\nsynonyms:<\/span> criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn, take to task, harangue, attack, rail at, rant at, revile, fulminate against.
\nExample:<\/span> Mr. Corbyn, whose anti-monarchist, anti-conflict views already had many of Britain\u2019s tabloids in a tizzy, was lambasted for supposedly refusing to bow as he laid a wreath at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

2.Steadfast (<\/span>adjective<\/span>)<\/span>
\nMeaning:<\/span> resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
\nsynonyms:<\/span> loyal, faithful, committed, devoted, dedicated, dependable, reliable, steady, true.
\nExample:<\/span> It\u2019s been driven in part by his steadfast refusal to play ball with the mainstream media \u2014 he doesn\u2019t take press questions after every public speech, and often ignores questions out of the context of a planned interview, often preferring to respond to criticism on his own terms, through social media.<\/p>\n

3.Avowed (<\/span>adjective<\/span>)<\/span>
\nMeaning:<\/span> that has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly.<\/span>
\nExample:<\/span> An avowed socialist, he has no qualms talking about re-nationalising infrastructure or raising taxes on businesses and the wealthy, an approach shunned by Labour since the days of Tony Blair.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.Detractor (<\/span>noun<\/span>)<\/span>
\nMeaning:<\/span> a person who disparages someone or something.<\/span>
\nsynonyms:<\/span> critic, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler, attacker, censurer, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, slanderer, libeller, calumniator, defamer, traducer.
\nExample:<\/span> His detractors denounce him as a rebel (he voted against the party whip over 400 times while Labour was in power, between 1997 and 2010), but to his supporters he is a deeply principled politician, willing to stand up to the party, and his family, when those values are on the line.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.Imminent (<\/span>adjective<\/span>)<\/span>
\nMeaning:<\/span> about to happen.<\/span>
\nsynonyms:<\/span> impending, at hand, close, near, approaching, fast approaching, coming, forthcoming, on the way, about to happen.<\/span>
\nExample:<\/span> With fruit and vegetable prices soaring 50% and faced with an imminent milk shortage, the Fadnavis administration bought peace by agreeing to waive the loans of \u201csmall and marginal\u201d farmers \u2014 nearly 80% of the State\u2019s 13.7 million-strong farmer population \u2014 as well as waiving interest and penalty on pending power bills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.Lambaste (verb) Meaning: criticize (someone or something) harshly. synonyms: criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn, take to task, harangue, attack, rail at, rant at, revile, fulminate against. Example: Mr. Corbyn, whose anti-monarchist, anti-conflict views already had many of Britain\u2019s tabloids in a tizzy, was lambasted for supposedly refusing to bow as he laid a wreath at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7325,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7324\/revisions\/7325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}