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Past tense for to criticize or rebuke strongly
Past tense for to punish someone
Past tense for to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
Past tense for to capture or attack suddenly and unexpectedly
Past tense for to criticize, or to attack or assault verbally
Past tense for to physically attack
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Past tense for to criticize or rebuke strongly
admonished
berated
chid
chided
reproached
reproved
upbraided
castigated
censured
criticised
UK
criticized
US
lambasted
rapped
scolded
attacked
blasted
chastised
rebuked
carpeted
chastened
objurgated
bollocked
keelhauled
visited
rated
rowed
trimmed
wigged
remonstrated with
laid into
pitched into
pulled up
slapped down
told off
dressed down
hauled over the coals
laced into
made an example of
meted out punishment to
ragged on
bawled out
blew up
chewed out
criticizes strongly
gave a talking-to
gave someone a dressing-down
let someone have it
reamed out
taught a lesson
tore down
gave a rocket
gave someone an earful
gave someone a roasting
gave someone a telling-off
gave someone hell
read the riot act
took to task
called down
gave someone a bollocking
gave someone a caning
gave someone a mouthful
gave someone a rollicking
had a go at
picked on
rapped over the knuckles
gave someone a row
gave someone a wigging
tore off a strip
ticked off
yelled at
gave someone a rating
gave someone what for
jumped on
put on the mat
reprehended
reprimanded
ragged
lectured
tore into
gave someone some stick
sent someone away with a flea in their ear
railed at
tongue-lashed
ranted at
basted
blamed
flayed
put down
jawed
railed against
condemned
hammered
scored
raked over the coals
denounced
reamed
vituperated
railed
slated
slapped someone's wrist
nagged
took to the woodshed
excoriated
called on the carpet
lit into
went on at
reviled
flamed
blew up at
found fault with
monished
brought to book
abused
jumped down one's throat
gave a piece of one's mind
laid down the law
checked
reprobated
dissed
leaned on
vilified
disparaged
cautioned
talked to
expostulated
disciplined
pummelled
UK
lessoned
tore a strip off
lashed
cavilled
UK
bit someone's head off
recriminated
caviled
US
accused
had words with
raked over coals
lowered the boom
sent someone away with a flea in his
gave the dickens
exprobrated
knocked
bagged
skinned
denunciated
panned
gave tongue-lashing
slanged
ate out
cussed out
gave one hell
shouted at
criticized hatefully
blistered
slang
chewed
jumped all over
gave someone a carpeting
scorched
harangued
slammed
belaboured
UK
scathed
assailed
laid out
savaged
bashed
dragged over the coals
rapped someone the knuckles
belabored
US
lay out
trashed
criticizes severely
potshotted
sounded off
climbed all over
tore apart
jawboned
carped on
snapped someone's head off
trounced
went after
fried
raked
ripped
opposed
zapped
gave a hard time
burned one's ears
called to account
spoke to
harassed
found fault
took down
exprobated
took down a peg
got on
got after
preached
aspersed
kept after
jumped down someone's throat
threaped
praught
taunted
had someone on the carpet
gave the business
spoke
came down hard on
gave someone stick
rapped on knuckles
pummeled
US
adjured
gave a going over
advised
told a thing or two
strongly criticized
slapped on wrist
counseled
US
warned
counselled
UK
corrected
came down on like a ton of bricks
spake
threw the book at
drew the line
torn into
given someone a bollocking
blown up
given a talking-to
given a rocket
given someone a caning
come down on
given someone a row
given someone a wigging
given someone some stick
gone on at
taken to task
taken to the woodshed
given someone a mouthful
given someone a dressing-down
given someone an earful
given someone a roasting
given someone a rollicking
given someone a telling-off
given someone hell
torn off a strip
given someone a rating
given someone what for
given the business
bitten someone's head off
slagged off
fulminated against
pilloried
inveighed against
cut up
denigrated
roasted
crucified
ripped into
rubbished
bad-mouthed
run down
smeared
decried
impugned
cast aspersions on
skewered
maligned
fulminated
raved at
slashed
slurred
derogated
arraigned
let fly at
let fly
torn a strip off
hit out at
blown up at
slandered
curst
cursed
defamed
called over the coals
calumniated
given a piece of one's mind
come down hard on
faulted
execrated
ran down
pulled to pieces
vituperated against
sailed into
insulted
slighted
scorned
rollicked
hit
remonstrated
minimized
US
discounted
libeled
US
libelled
UK
contemned
slagged
punished
scourged
lammed into
set upon
traduced
dispraised
ranted
discredited
complained
persecuted
oppressed
protested
inveighed
besmirched
declaimed
waded into
deprecated
stigmatized
US
hosed
minimised
UK
ostracized
US
stigmatised
UK
cast a slur on
ostracised
UK
mauled
pulled apart
expressed disapproval of
lashed out at
carped at
beat up on
sorted out
poured scorn on
cut down
cut to the quick
called out
put someone in their place
declaimed against
put up a fight against
reprimanded severely
backbitten
backbit
spoken to
lampooned
disapproved
ridiculed
vilipended
satirized
US
animadverted
rebuffed
incriminated
belittled
cudgeled
US
struck
shellacked
derided
slapped
cudgelled
UK
smothered
earbashed
moralised
UK
moralized
US
caned
attasked
offended
accosted
satirised
UK
sledged
browbeat
deflated
thundered
growled
riled
exploded
feruled
dishonoured
UK
disgraced
dishonored
US
twitted
taken apart
took apart
proscribed
raged
stormed
argued with
kicked
vociferated
rapped knuckles
dressed-down
laid on
injured
zinged
miscalled
rejected
fumed
yapped
yelped
bawled
picked holes in
swore at
sworn at
delivered a tirade to
pointed the finger
called to task
lashed out
deplored
had a word with
talked with
sounded off to
nitpicked about
challenged
cried down
disapproved of
taken issue with
took issue with
tied into
anathematized
given one hell
made a protest to
criticized harshly
whipped
objected
picked apart
looked askance
called names
given a going over
drawn the line
cavilled at
prosecuted
lashed into
gotten after
had words
brought to account
animadverted on
gave some stick to
given some stick to
bagged on
gone after
dumped on
raged against
impeached
screamed at
worked over
dug into
kicked up a fuss about
protested strongly at
severely reprimanded
charged with
objected to
expostulated about
kept nothing back
made a fuss about
complained about
remonstrated about
showed up
complained vociferously about
ranked on
kicked up
made a stand against
thundered against
disagreed violently with
come down on like a ton of bricks
erupted with anger
trash-talked
kicked up a stink about
indicted
had at
kicked against
cracked down on
made a protest against
rapped across the knuckles
rounded on
opposed strongly
raised objections to
complained bitterly about
hitten
stricken
hat
took to pieces
taken to pieces
spoken
browbeaten
chewn
lay on
gave comeuppance
given comeuppance
torn to pieces
tore to pieces
rid
rode
ridden
taken down
gave a tongue-lashing
given a tongue-lashing
torn apart
barked at
gave the devil
given the devil
thrown brickbats at
threw brickbats at
taken down a peg
thrown the book at
given something a bad press
gave something a bad press
given tongue-lashing
given the dickens
given someone a carpeting
eaten out
blown off
blew off
done a number on
did a number on
gave a bad press to
given a bad press to
torn down
criticized strongly
given a hard time
gotten on
given going-over
gave piece of mind
given piece of mind
gave going-over
given someone stick
gave flak to
given flak to
gave someone a telling off
given someone a dressing down
given someone a telling off
tore someone a new one
gave someone a dressing down
torn someone a new one
taken great exception to
took a stand against
spoke out against
spoken out against
took great exception to
taken a stand against
gave a black eye
given a black eye
took down a peg or two
taken down a peg or two
given someone a ticking-off
gave someone a ticking-off
given an injunction to
gave an injunction to
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“My mother would regularly
come down on
me for not meeting her expectations.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to punish someone
punished
reprimanded
disciplined
penalised
UK
penalized
US
chastened
chastised
reprehended
recompensed
scapegoated
threw the book at
brought to book
came down on like a ton of bricks
cracked down on
gave a lesson to
gave it to someone
gave someone the works
gave something a going-over
made an example of
meted out punishment to
rapped knuckles
slapped someone's wrist
taught a lesson
tanned someone's hide
punished severely
castigated
corrected
sentenced
fined
laid down the law
took disciplinary action against
rapped over the knuckles
visited
sorted out
dealt with
skinned
skinned alive
gave someone what for
thrown the book at
come down on
come down on like a ton of bricks
hit with
condemned
imposed penalty
inflicted a penalty on
slapped with
imposed a penalty on
imposed a sentence on
sanctioned
amerced
docked
put on the carpet
put on the mat
pronounced sentence on
meted out
meted out justice to
given a lesson to
reproved
doomed
rebuked
upbraided
carpeted
convicted
imprisoned
judged
mulcted
remonstrated with
dressed down
railroaded
booked
ground
grounded
taken disciplinary action against
exacted a penalty from
awarded a penalty against
passed sentence on
disciplined someone for
book
gave someone a roasting
given someone a roasting
gave someone a dressing-down
given someone a dressing-down
given a rocket
gave a rocket
given it to someone
given someone the works
given something a going-over
more ❯
“Magistrates will
come down on
the side of the tenant for the most spurious reasons.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
clamped down
limited
restricted
curbed
cracked down
shut down
took tough action
controlled
clamped down on
kept under control
tightened up on
got tough
kept in check
got tough on
took severe measures against
came down on like a ton of bricks
cracked down on
checked
restrained
took stern measures against
came down heavily on
gotten tough
come down on
come down heavily on
taken severe measures against
taken stern measures against
come down on like a ton of bricks
taken tough action
Verb
▲
Past tense for to capture or attack suddenly and unexpectedly
surprised
ambushed
ambuscaded
waylaid
waylayed
bushwhacked
captured
disrupted
disturbed
interrupted
took by surprise
caught napping
caught off guard
caught out
caught red-handed
caught unawares
sprang upon
caught off-balance
caught off-guard
came upon
intruded on
laid for
sprang on
sprung on
burst in on
caught in flagrante delicto
dropped in on
lay in wait
caught in the act
caught on the hop
caught someone with their pants down
caught someone with their trousers down
came down on like a bolt from the blue
Verb
▲
Past tense for to criticize, or to attack or assault verbally
impugned
criticised
UK
criticized
US
attacked
knocked
slammed
blasted
trashed
smeared
traduced
assailed
tarred
ran down
put down
skinned alive
swang at
took issue with
cut to shreds
thumbed nose at
threw the book at
dissed
cast aspersions on
disparaged
panned
deprecated
cut down
slated
excoriated
flamed
inveighed against
denigrated
maligned
castigated
vilified
lambasted
hammered
chastised
faulted
pilloried
slagged
hit
pulled to pieces
had a go at
found fault with
laid into
bad-mouthed
tore into
railed against
fulminated against
slagged off
censured
denounced
condemned
roasted
reprehended
savaged
blamed
bashed
reprobated
rubbished
besmirched
skewered
decried
slurred
crucified
scathed
ripped
judged
pulled apart
nitpicked about
gave a bad press to
picked holes in
tore to shreds
poured scorn on
found fault
picked at
nit-picked
took down
laced into
dressed down
belittled
reviled
depreciated
derogated
reproved
reprimanded
chided
chid
arraigned
aspersed
objurgated
execrated
deplored
slashed
dispraised
denunciated
anathematized
rapped
skinned
pummelled
UK
nitpicked
hat
nitpicked over
scoffed at
passed judgment
threw shade
got at
let someone have it
cut up
put away
found lacking
did down
cavilled at
cut to bits
disapproved of
carped at
hit out at
did a number on
diminished
vilipended
discredited
defamed
berated
minimized
US
dismissed
discounted
reproached
rebuked
upbraided
calumniated
disgraced
abused
undervalued
lowered
underrated
vituperated
detracted
underestimated
downgraded
disapproved
devalued
animadverted
caned
railed
complained
proscribed
dumped on
played down
marked down
wrote off
kissed off
trash-talked
did a hatchet job on
poor-mouthed
sniped at
talked down
took swipe at
cried down
minimised
UK
framed
punished
mauled
fustigated
pronounced
named
adjudged
sent up
sent up the river
gave someone a bad press
pinned it on
declared unfit
called down
laid at one's door
hung something on
pointed finger at
took to task
gave something a bad press
blew whistle on
pummeled
US
carped
lashed
sledged
bagged
rated
clobbered
scorched
passed strictures upon
animadverted on
gave some stick to
threw brickbats at
inveighed
blistered
vituperated against
gave bad press
jumped on
nagged at
gave flak to
trimmed
slugged
fluffed
gave the business
picked to pieces
bagged on
slogged
complained about
zapped
run down
swung at
taken issue with
come down on
thrown the book at
spread lies about
slandered
libeled
US
libelled
UK
dragged through the mud
blackened the name of
blackened
slighted
insulted
sullied the reputation of
stigmatized
US
stigmatised
UK
spoken ill of
spoke ill of
blackened the reputation of
conducted a smear campaign against
done a hatchet job on
derided
degraded
dishonoured
UK
contemned
dishonored
US
demonized
US
demonised
UK
spoke badly of
spoken badly of
ripped up
thrown mud at
put hooks in
spoken evil of
brought into disrepute
objected to
threw mud at
spoke evil of
done down
took to pieces
taken to pieces
torn into
gave a bad name
given a bad name
torn down
tore down
trivialized
US
ridiculed
scorned
disdained
deflated
rebutted
disputed
marginalized
US
sullied
minified
controverted
mocked
debased
misprized
sneered
marginalised
UK
trivialised
UK
opposed
curst
cursed
jinxed
dug
misrepresented
scandalized
US
detracted from
scandalised
UK
argued against
stained
sneered at
held cheap
laughed off
took exception to
gossiped about
thrown brickbats at
slung mud at
pooh-poohed
written off
taken exception to
blackened the character of
brought discredit to
criticized unfairly
argued with
made light of
laughed at
treated lightly
ragged on
gave black eye
bad mouthed
given black eye
torn to shreds
given a black eye
gave a black eye
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to physically attack
assaulted
beat
knocked
punched
slapped
battered
smacked
thumped
bashed
belted
cuffed
hit
hat
clouted
decked
socked
swatted
whacked
banged
clipped
clipt
spanked
thrashed
thwacked
wallopped
walloped
caned
chinned
clobbered
pelted
pounded
pummelled
UK
pummeled
US
rapped
welted
clubbed
cudgeled
US
cudgelled
UK
flogged
lashed
lobbed
smote
smit
whipped
biffed
bopped
plugged
slugged
belabored
US
belaboured
UK
lambasted
quilted
tonked
fell upon
jumped
mugged
slammed
zapped
physically attacked
knocked about
knocked around
aimed blows at
beat up
laid one on
lit into
slapped around
pounced upon
roughed up
worked over
did over
laid into
went for
let someone have it
jumped down one's throat
hauled off on
knocked into the middle of next week
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