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What is another word for give a tongue-lashing?

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Verb

To criticize severely and brutally

find fault with

criticize severely

tear a strip off

read the riot act

haul over the coals

give a talking-to

give someone a dressing-down

tear off a strip

remonstrate with

rap over the knuckles

give someone a telling-off

give someone a roasting

give someone an earful

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

give someone a rollicking

rake over the coals

let someone have it

give someone a mouthful

give someone a bollocking

give someone a row

give someone a rating

throw brickbats at

give someone hell

give someone a caning

give a bad press to

give someone some stick

slap on the wrist

send someone away with a flea in their ear

give something a battering

slap someone's wrist

inveigh against

cast aspersions on

vituperate against

call on the carpet

do a hatchet job on

jump down one's throat

give some stick to

take to the woodshed

lay down the law

burn someone's ears

pin your ears back

put someone on the griddle

call to account

put someone on the hot seat

bite someone's head off

give someone bondi

criticize harshly

go for the jugular

rake over coals

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

give something a bad press

give someone a bad press

give a hard time

take down a peg

burn one's ears

give going-over

give piece of mind

snap someone's head off

blacken someone's reputation

expose to ridicule

show someone up

hold up to shame

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

give a piece of one's mind

give comeuppance

point the finger

express disapproval of

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

give the business

jump down someone's throat

review unfavorably

criticize strongly

bring under fire

fulminate against

call over the coals

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

drag through the mud

give a bad name

blacken the name of

spread lies about

give a black eye

sully the reputation of

spread scandal about

blacken the reputation of

tell lies about

cut to the quick

conduct a smear campaign against

sully someone's reputation

drag through the mire

bring into disrepute

treat disrespectfully

declaim against

run a smear campaign against

treat with contempt

take a swipe at

drag someone's name through the mud

drag someone's name through the mire

write false reports about

blacken the character of

feel contempt for

spread tales about

cut down to size

blacken someone's name

drag name through mud

assault verbally

bring discredit to

animadvert upon

give tongue-lashing

jump on one's case

criticize unfairly

knock off high horse

hurl insults at

speak of with disfavour

be unkind about

be malicious about

shoot full of holes

pass strictures upon

keep nothing back

erupt with anger

give offence to

injure the reputation of

taint someone's name

blacken someone's character

stain someone's good name

sully someone's name

tarnish someone's name

soil someone's name

cause offence to

regard with disgust

step on one's toes

hurt somebody's feelings

feel aversion to

feel disgust for

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

lay at one's door

send up the river

feel revulsion to

be scornful about

be contemptuous about

hold in contempt

curl your lip at

spit in the face of

turn your nose up at

show contempt for

turn up one's nose at

spit in the eye of

look down one's nose at

defame someone's character

run smear campaign

find intolerable

not be able to stomach

not be able to stand

have a horror of

have no use for

not be able to bear

regard with contempt

expostulate about

protest strongly at

make a fuss about

make a stand against

kick up a fuss about

take issue with

thunder against

raise objections to

make a protest against

complain vociferously about

disagree violently with

oppose strongly

put up a fight against

kick up a stink about

complain bitterly about

take a stand against

speak out against

remonstrate about

take great exception to

be unable to stand

have a strong aversion to

greatly dislike

be unable to bear

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