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What is another word for gives someone hell?

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To severely reprimand or criticize someone

To make things very unpleasant for someone

Criticize or reprimand severely

Verb

To severely reprimand or criticize someone

reprimands severely

remonstrates with

gives a talking-to

gives someone a telling-off

hauls over the coals

gives someone a dressing-down

gives someone an earful

gives someone a roasting

gives someone a rollicking

raps over the knuckles

reads the riot act

comes down hard on

gives someone a caning

lets someone have it

gives someone a mouthful

gives someone a wigging

gives someone some stick

gives someone what for

gives someone a bollocking

gives someone a rating

tears off a strip

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

gives someone a row

puts on the mat

rakes over the coals

slaps someone's wrist

calls on the carpet

takes to the woodshed

gives a piece of one's mind

finds fault with

tears a strip off

lays down the law

jumps down one's throat

gives a going over

strongly criticizes

raps on knuckles

tells a thing or two

climbs all over

rakes over coals

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives the dickens

lowers the boom

gives tongue-lashing

gives someone a dressing down

tears someone a new one

gives someone a telling off

gives someone a carpeting

criticizes hatefully

drags over the coals

criticizea severely

raps someone the knuckles

calls to account

takes down a peg

gives a hard time

burns one's ears

criticizea strongly

metes out punishment to

teaches a lesson

makes an example of

comes down on like a ton of bricks

gives someone stick

throws the book at

bites someone's head off

gives the business

jumps down someone's throat

has someone on the carpet

throws brickbats at

gives a bad press to

picks to pieces

points the finger

gives the devil

gives comeuppance

expresses disapproval of

gives a rough time

passes strictures upon

passes judgment

fulminates against

gives some stick to

does a number on

vituperates against

gives bad press

casts aspersions on

complains about

pulls to pieces

inveighs against

brings under fire

gives something a battering

reviews unfavorably

takes to pieces

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“Adam Thompson was livid. He was going to give someone hell tonight.”

Verb

To make things very unpleasant for someone

gives a hard time

makes it hot for someone

makes things hot for someone

“Since then, he has ceased to persecute me by arrest, but they give me hell by restrictions and confiscations in the custom-house.”

Verb

Criticize or reprimand severely

inveighs against

fulminates against

finds fault with

gives someone a roasting

tears off a strip

remonstrates with

hauls over the coals

raps over the knuckles

gives someone a bad press

gives someone a rollicking

takes to pieces

gives someone a bollocking

tears a strip off

picks to pieces

goes for the jugular

jumps down someone's throat

assaultsq verbally

bites someone's head off

jumps on one's case

vituperates against

snaps someone's head off

jumps down one's throat

reads the riot act

passes strictures upon

casts aspersions on

pulls to pieces

throws brickbats at

drags through the mud

does a hatchet job on

gives some stick to

gives a bad press to

speaks badly of

marginalizes^US

marginalises^UK

brings into disrepute

spreads lies about

sullies the reputation of

blackens the name of

blackens the reputation of

gives a bad name

conducts a smear campaign against

looks down one's nose at

takes down a peg

takes a swipe at

criticizea severely

animadverts upon

tears to pieces

shoots full of holes

cuts to the quick

cuts down to size

gives a black eye

declaims against

gives something a bad press

passes judgment

gives the business

does a number on

gives bad press

complains about

finds unacceptable

looks askance at

takes a dim view of

protests against

takes exception to

gets angry with

discountenances

clamors against

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