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To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong

To condemn or criticize severely

The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily

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Verb

To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong

tear off a strip

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a telling-off

rake over the coals

rap over the knuckles

read the riot act

tear a strip off

give someone a bollocking

give someone a dressing down

give someone a mouthful

give someone an earful

give someone a rating

give someone a roasting

give someone a rocket

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling off

give someone a wigging

give someone hell

let someone have it

tear someone a new one

give someone some stick

give someone what for

send someone away with a flea in their ear

give a talking-to

remonstrate with

give someone a row

give someone a caning

slap someone's wrist

take someone to task

call on the carpet

give a piece of one's mind

rap someone over the knuckles

find fault with

slap on the wrist

jump down one's throat

take to the woodshed

fulminate against

come down hard on

bring someone to book

chew someone out

slap someone on the wrist

call to account

throw the book at

give a going over

tell a thing or two

come down on like a ton of bricks

rap on knuckles

call over the coals

strongly criticize

lay down the law

reprimand severely

pull someone up

rake over coals

give tongue-lashing

give somebody a piece of one's mind

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give someone stick

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

rap someone's knuckles

take somebody to task

give a hard time

take down a peg

burn one's ears

have someone on the carpet

mete out punishment to

criticize strongly

teach someone a lesson

make an example of

give going-over

give piece of mind

give comeuppance

point the finger at

express disapproval of

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

criticize severely

have your knife in

inveigh against

throw brickbats at

cast aspersions on

pass strictures upon

give some stick to

give a bad press to

vituperate against

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“He's only groveling now because he saw that his original rubbish apology wasn't cutting any ice, therefore we must continue to haul him over the coals forever.”

Verb

To condemn or criticize severely

find fault with

bellyache about

sound off about

give some stick to

remonstrate with

tear off a strip

give someone hell

give someone a roasting

rap over the knuckles

give someone a rollicking

give someone a rocket

tear a strip off

fulminate against

give someone a bad press

give someone a bollocking

read the riot act

vituperate against

pass strictures upon

call to account

hold someone responsible

hold accountable

hold someone to blame

jump on one's case

bite someone's head off

jump down one's throat

snap someone's head off

assault verbally

go for the jugular

inveigh against

cast aspersions on

throw brickbats at

give a bad press to

slap on the wrist

do a hatchet job on

blacken the name of

drag through the mud

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

give a bad name

bring into disrepute

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

take exception to

take issue with

give a black eye

criticize unfairly

blacken the character of

jump down someone's throat

declaim against

run something down

give something a bad press

be in opposition to

put a whammy on

cut to the quick

call someone names

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Noun

The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily

rap over the knuckles

being put in one's place

slap on the wrist

a slap on the wrist

flea in one's ear

flea in the ear

rap on the knuckles

oral punishment

flea in your ear

piece of one's mind

slap in the face

kick in the teeth

dissatisfaction

piece of your mind

character assassination

verbal onslaught

backhanded compliment

verbal disapproval

verbal blasting

slap on the wrists

verbal thrashing

stigmatization^US

stream of abuse

critical remark

stigmatisation^UK

underestimation

excommunication

lack of respectability

blot on the escutcheon

skeleton in the cupboard

threat of punishment

a slanging match

snappy comeback

critical remarks

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