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Noun
The act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation
A severe, scolding criticism or reprimand
Verb
Present participle for to criticize or berate someone harshly
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Noun
▲
The act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation
reprehension
censure
criticism
reproach
condemnation
rebuke
reprimand
castigation
reproof
disparagement
repudiation
disapproval
disapprobation
attack
invective
depreciation
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
remonstrance
slur
tirade
chiding
diatribe
implication
objurgation
obloquy
reprobation
admonition
censoriousness
animadversion
expostulation
opposition
exprobation
scolding
blame
admonishment
dressing-down
telling-off
denunciation
stricture
chastisement
wigging
reproval
upbraiding
excoriation
sideswipe
commination
ticking off
ticking-off
riot act
rap over the knuckles
bollocking
objection
remonstration
chastening
blast
slating
earful
knocking
carpeting
rollicking
stick
roasting
accusation
rating
abuse
serve
bad press
trimming
tongue-lashing
slap on the wrist
lecture
shame
disrepute
lambasting
discredit
displeasure
deprecation
dissatisfaction
rap
odium
scorn
stain
slight
contempt
blemish
fault-finding
dressing down
flak
vilification
persecution
vituperation
rocket
assault
bashing
scurrility
malevolence
panning
slagging
argument
jibe
fulmination
confrontation
contumely
libel
traducement
slander
caning
pugnacity
denigration
defilement
offense
US
revilement
vitriol
indignity
combativeness
harangue
broadside
derision
calumniation
insolence
disagreement
belligerence
philippic
billingsgate
impugnment
insult
rant
offence
UK
aspersions
calumny
defamation
polemic
character assassination
verbal onslaught
verbal assault
opprobrium
smear
aspersion
slamming
critique
recrimination
berating
nitpicking
faultfinding
cavilling
UK
carping
cavil
roast
caviling
US
slagging off
verbal disapproval
put down
nit-picking
ridicule
derogation
belittlement
belittling
disdain
lessening
degradation
debasement
detraction
mocking
diminishment
backstabbing
underestimation
backbiting
malediction
dirt
muckraking
prejudice
smearing
defaming
slam
examen
verbal
swipe
quibble
takedown
slap
hit
pan
captiousness
brickbat
knock
sledge
arraignment
notice
call down
critical remark
cut
anvil chorus
harsh call
bad notice
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Noun
▲
A severe, scolding criticism or reprimand
verbal thrashing
bollocking
roasting
rollicking
admonishment
admonition
castigation
censure
earful
lambasting
rebuke
remonstration
reprimand
reproach
reproof
reproval
scolding
upbraiding
verbal blasting
dressing-down
tongue-lashing
bawling-out
talking-to
telling-off
lecture
wigging
chiding
criticism
carpeting
ticking-off
ticking off
berating
rocket
blast
rap over the knuckles
diatribe
caning
harangue
tirade
rap
rating
condemnation
row
obloquy
serve
dressing down
slap on the wrist
chastisement
excoriation
reprehension
piece of your mind
talking to
comeuppance
stricture
caution
remonstrance
objurgation
going-over
riot act
hard time
discipline
correction
denunciation
blame
counsel
slating
commination
ragging
warning
going over
chewing out
blowing-up
flea in ear
put down
flea in the ear
punishment
sermon
rebuff
a slap on the wrist
slap on the wrists
rap on the knuckles
disapproval
expostulation
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
chewing-out
scold
upbraid
penalty
retribution
being put in one's place
tick off
haul over the coals
tell off
deserts
oral punishment
bawling out
slap on wrist
what for
calling down
attack
philippic
heat
bashing
preachment
moralism
preaching
wrath
recrimination
injunction
caveat
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or berate someone harshly
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
rebuking
scolding
berating
reprimanding
reproaching
upbraiding
admonishing
castigating
chastising
lambasting
reviling
blasting
censuring
chiding
reproving
carpeting
lecturing
ragging
railing
rapping
vituperating
bollocking
keelhauling
objurgating
reprehending
rowing
trimming
wigging
ticking off
raking over the coals
coming down on
dressing down
remonstrating with
taking to task
giving a talking-to
lacing to
laying into
pitching into
pulling up
reaming out
bawling out
giving tongue-lashing
reading the riot act
blowing up
calling down
chewing out
giving a piece of one's mind
giving a rocket
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone an earful
giving someone a roasting
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone a wigging
giving someone hell
hauling over the coals
letting someone have it
tearing off a strip
giving someone a caning
giving someone a rating
giving someone a telling-off
having a go at
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a bollocking
giving someone a row
giving someone what for
rating
tearing into
railing at
ranting at
basting
tongue-lashing
railing against
condemning
slapping down
hammering
flaying
jawing
giving someone some stick
scoring
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
blaming
excoriating
denouncing
putting on the mat
abusing
slating
haranguing
chastening
reaming
lighting to
jumping on
putting down
yelling at
blowing up at
attacking
nagging
flaming
tearing a strip off
finding fault with
slapping someone's wrist
slamming
savaging
fulminating against
belaboring
US
slagging off
dissing
belabouring
UK
lashing
jumping down one's throat
ripping into
calling on the carpet
scathing
potshotting
vilifying
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
disciplining
reprobating
cautioning
exprobating
checking
taking to the woodshed
going on at
talking to
coming down hard on
trashing
bashing
raving at
calling over the coals
disparaging
aspersing
pummelling
UK
pummeling
blistering
crucifying
accusing
speaking to
shouting at
sailing into
monishing
lessoning
bringing to book
laying down the law
warning
knocking
assailing
rubbishing
pillorying
recriminating
slashing
wading into
roasting
ripping
raking
scorching
punishing
panning
smearing
giving a going over
finding fault
sorting out
getting after
climbing all over
slanging
slapping on wrist
biting someone's head off
strongly criticizing
lamming into
drawing the line
contemning
bad-mouthing
letting fly at
rapping on knuckles
calling to account
telling a thing or two
trouncing
leaning on
jawboning
preaching
expostulating
reprimanding severely
exprobrating
raking over coals
feruling
denunciating
lashing out at
having words with
dressing-down
sending someone away with a flea in his
lowering the boom
giving the dickens
arraigning
attasking
dragging over the coals
criticizing severely
laying out
rapping someone the knuckles
giving someone a telling off
tearing someone a new one
rapping across the knuckles
having words
severely reprimanding
denigrating
skinning
bagging
moralizing
US
moralising
UK
giving piece of mind
ranking on
giving going-over
maligning
criticizing hatefully
giving one hell
chewing
eating out
cussing out
giving someone a carpeting
jumping all over
criticizing harshly
speaking
adjuring
advising
throwing the book at
coming down on like a ton of bricks
counseling
US
counselling
UK
correcting
giving someone stick
teaching a lesson
ragging on
visiting
making an example of
criticizing strongly
meting out punishment to
tearing down
picking on
discrediting
carping on
snapping someone's head off
sounding off
zapping
tearing apart
opposing
frying
going after
twitting
pointing the finger
giving comeuppance
dishonoring
US
giving the devil
dishonouring
UK
laying on
defaming
calling to task
expressing disapproval of
disgracing
lampooning
insulting
fulminating
satirizing
US
satirising
UK
ridiculing
slandering
lashing into
shellacking
deriding
hitting
slapping
cudgelling
UK
striking
cudgeling
US
smothering
scourging
impugning
harassing
calumniating
rollicking
traducing
getting on
taking down
giving a hard time
taking down a peg
burning one's ears
barking at
riling
growling
tying into
skewering
running down
beating up on
vilipending
crying down
inveighing against
cursing
ostracising
UK
scorning
incriminating
remonstrating
backbiting
rebuffing
picking apart
ostracizing
US
looking askance
animadverting
carping at
cutting up
having a word with
talking with
threaping
deflating
browbeating
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
taunting
giving someone a ticking-off
giving an injunction to
giving the business
jumping down someone's throat
having someone on the carpet
keeping after
setting upon
rapping knuckles
decrying
derogating
caning
deprecating
slurring
belittling
pulling apart
taking to pieces
giving someone a bad press
slighting
execrating
dispraising
libeling
US
libelling
UK
taking apart
vituperating against
pulling to pieces
slagging
casting aspersions on
faulting
hitting out at
throwing brickbats at
minimizing
US
ranting
discounting
inveighing
protesting
anathematizing
stigmatizing
US
minimising
UK
stigmatising
UK
picking holes in
going for the jugular
pouring scorn on
swearing at
speaking ill of
dumping on
animadverting on
disapproving
declaiming
deploring
sledging
depreciating
raging
thundering
storming
oppressing
persecuting
arguing with
complaining
proscribing
fustigating
hosing
lashing out
mauling
fuming
shooting down
tearing to pieces
giving something a bad press
whipping
picking to pieces
taking issue with
disapproving of
calling names
dragging through the mud
thundering against
objecting to
giving a bad press to
bringing into disrepute
speaking evil of
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
giving a black eye
trash-talking
doing a hatchet job on
giving a bad name
spreading lies about
throwing mud at
sullying the reputation of
blackening the reputation of
conducting a smear campaign against
blackening the name of
refuting
assaulting verbally
disagreeing with
offending
piling in
beating
earbashing
starting on
starting in
imprecating
taking on
accosting
carping
casting a slur on
screaming at
giving a tongue-lashing
jumping on one's case
miscalling
zinging
injuring
riding
letting fly
rounding on
speaking badly of
diminishing
complaining of
bawling
yelping
yapping
dismissing
delivering a tirade to
cutting down
blowing off
doing a number on
cutting to the quick
passing strictures upon
nagging at
hurling insults at
sounding off to
reviewing unfavorably
bringing under fire
jeering at
giving something a battering
blackening
working over
having at
cracking down on
making a protest to
debasing
demeaning
detracting
demonizing
US
jinxing
digging
demonising
UK
framing
cursing out
judging
naming
adjudging
pronouncing
kissing off
talking down
writing off
making fun of
playing down
spouting
kicking
vociferating
declaring unfit
putting away
sending up
ripping up
doing down
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
laying at one's door
pinning it on
sending up the river
challenging
objecting
raging against
expostulating about
opposing strongly
protesting strongly at
putting up a fight against
remonstrating about
declaiming against
disagreeing violently with
kicking up
making a fuss about
kicking against
complaining vociferously about
taking great exception to
speaking out against
complaining bitterly about
complaining about
making a protest against
taking a stand against
making a stand against
raising objections to
huffing
raving
speaking out
ranting and raving
making a stand
mouthing off about
going on about
besmirching
taking a stand
protesting against
animadverting upon
vociferating about
nitpicking about
cavilling at
giving flak to
giving some stick to
bagging on
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“Grace decides that it is time to
tell off
her roommate for bringing home drunk and scary boyfriends.”
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