“Though sympathetic toward General Tang, Li said he still felt compelled to criticize General Tang for not obeying the moral principles of the military to never reprove superior officers.”

Verb

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Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

censuring

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

hauling over the coals

pummelling^UK

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

casting aspersions on

raking over the coals

giving someone a bad press

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone hell

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

calling over the coals

fustigating

giving someone a dressing-down

ripping into

backbiting

letting someone have it

reading the riot act

giving something a bad press

taking to pieces

sailing into

giving someone a bollocking

complaining about

throwing brickbats at

nitpicking about

picking to pieces

giving a bad press to

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

minimising^UK

jumping down one's throat

passing strictures upon

having someone on the carpet

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

holding someone to blame

giving a tongue-lashing

expressing disapprobation of

sticking it to

climbing all over

expressing disapprobation

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

regarding with disgust

doing a hatchet job on

dragging through the mud

dishonoring^US

bringing into disrepute

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

running smear campaign

speaking evil of

tarring and feathering

blackening the name of

spreading scandal about

giving something a battering

look down one's nose at

sullying the reputation of

poisoning

tearing apart

jeering at

blackening the character of

treating disrespectfully

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

getting at

destroying

getting angry with

jumping down someone's throat

dragging someone's name through the mud

blackguarding

dragging through mud

slinging mud

shooting full of holes

reviewing unfavorably

knocking off high horse

running a smear campaign against

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

causing offence to

giving offence to

gibing

speaking of with disfavour

treating contemptuously

taking the piss out of

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“I must reprove my colleague for consistently arriving late to our meetings.”

Verb

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Present participle for to hold or have a negative opinion of

having no stomach for

bearing malice toward

making faces at

not standing for

finding repellent

regarding with disgust

holding no brief for

having no liking for

having no taste

regarding with distaste

look down one's nose at

having an aversion to

looking down one's nose on

disdaining

spurning

viewing with disfavour

viewing with dislike

having a low opinion of

pooh-poohing

sneering at

turning your nose up at

holding in disdain

lookng down at

regarding with contempt

not thinking much of

treating with contempt

having a poor opinion of

passing on

having a problem with

remonstrating

feeling hostile towards

disliking greatly

showing disapproval of

indicating disapproval of

repudiating

feeling revulsion towards

feeling aversion towards

feeling malice to

bearing a grudge against

not supporting

flouting

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

refusing to acknowledge

having contempt for

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“My parents always reprove my choice in music, claiming it lacks artistic value.”

Verb

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Present participle for to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct

Verb

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Present participle for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong

assigning liability to

considering guilty of

finding guilty of

passing the buck

pointing the finger

laying a guilt trip on

bringing charges against

bringing someone to trial

preferring charges against

laying charges against

bringing before the court

bringing an action against

filing charges against

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