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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 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 on the wrist

slap someone's wrist

jump down one's throat

call on the carpet

give a piece of one's mind

fulminate against

find fault with

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

call over the coals

call to account

give a going over

tell a thing or two

rap on knuckles

strongly criticize

lay down the law

reprimand severely

rake over coals

give tongue-lashing

have words with

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

criticize severely

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give a hard time

take down a peg

burn one's ears

have someone on the carpet

give the business

mete out punishment to

criticize strongly

make an example of

give going-over

give piece of mind

come down on like a ton of bricks

throw the book at

give someone stick

give comeuppance

point the finger

express disapproval of

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

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 accountable

hold someone to blame

hold responsible

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

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

give a bad name

point the finger

bring into disrepute

take exception to

take issue with

give a black eye

lay at one's door

bring charges against

jump down someone's throat

bring discredit to

declaim against

criticize unfairly

blacken the character of

give something a bad press

be in opposition to

cut to the quick

put a whammy on

bring a charge against

bring a case against

have the law on

lay charges against

bring someone to trial

prefer charges against

assign guilt to

lay a bad trip on

assign fault to

lay a guilt trip on

assign liability to

place the blame on

lay the blame on

consider guilty of

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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

piece of your mind

a slap on the wrist

flea in the ear

rap on the knuckles

oral punishment

slap in the face

kick in the teeth

dissatisfaction

character assassination

verbal onslaught

backhanded compliment

verbal disapproval

verbal blasting

stigmatization^US

slap on the wrists

verbal thrashing

stigmatisation^UK

stream of abuse

critical remark

underestimation

excommunication

lack of respectability

blot on the escutcheon

skeleton in the cupboard

threat of punishment

a slanging match

snappy comeback

critical remarks

civil disobedience

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