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Verb

Present participle for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

fulminating against

calling over the coals

hauling over the coals

giving someone a dressing-down

letting someone have it

rapping knuckles

railing against

reading the riot act

giving a rocket

tearing off a strip

giving a talking-to

remonstrating with

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a telling-off

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone an earful

giving someone a wigging

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rating

giving someone hell

giving someone what for

giving someone a caning

giving someone a row

raking over the coals

giving someone some stick

finding fault with

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

slapping someone's wrist

calling on the carpet

jumping down one's throat

tearing a strip off

bringing to book

laying down the law

taking to the woodshed

climbing all over

biting someone's head off

giving a piece of one's mind

criticizing severely

inveighing against

criticizing harshly

raking over coals

sending someone away with a flea in his

lowering the boom

giving the dickens

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

calling to account

animadverting on

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

giving someone a carpeting

jumping all over

giving piece of mind

giving going-over

snapping someone's head off

giving a tongue-lashing

pulling to pieces

tearing to pieces

pointing the finger

giving comeuppance

giving the devil

dishonouring^UK

calling to task

expressing disapproval of

giving a going over

slapping on wrist

throwing the book at

strongly criticizing

drawing the line

coming down on like a ton of bricks

rapping on knuckles

coming down hard on

telling a thing or two

giving someone stick

sounding off to

delivering a tirade to

erupting with anger

keeping nothing back

giving the business

jumping down someone's throat

having someone on the carpet

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

picking holes in

taking to pieces

dragging through the mud

speaking ill of

pouring scorn on

throwing brickbats at

stigmatizing^US

giving a bad press to

stigmatising^UK

giving a bad name

slinging mud at

doing a number on

bringing into disrepute

giving a black eye

giving some stick to

vituperating against

detracting from

scandalizing^US

casting a slur on

nitpicking about

dragging through the mire

scandalising^UK

ripping up and down

throwing mud at

bringing discredit to

flinging mud at

giving someone a bad press

running smear campaign

speaking evil of

tarring and feathering

disapproving of

making light of

picking to pieces

speaking badly of

bringing shame upon

reflecting badly on

blackening the name of

spreading scandal about

bringing shame on

trivializing^US

underestimating

finding lacking

trivialising^UK

nitpicking over

treating lightly

giving something a battering

marginalizing^US

marginalising^UK

giving something a bad press

look down one's nose at

tearing to shreds

going for the jugular

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

passing strictures upon

cutting to the quick

complaining about

blackening the character of

sounding off about

whingeing about

treating disrespectfully

blackening the reputation of

taking a swipe at

cutting down to size

taking down a peg

giving someone bondi

quibbling about

grouching about

conducting a smear campaign against

passing judgment

bellyaching about

getting angry with

discountenancing

criticizing unfairly

giving black eye

looking down on

dragging someone's name through the mud

dragging through mud

shooting full of holes

reviewing unfavorably

bringing under fire

criticizing strongly

arguing against

taking issue with

taking exception to

cutting to bits

giving bad press

knocking off high horse

casting slur on

telling lies about

running a smear campaign against

declaiming against

assaulting verbally

disagreeing with

jumping on one's case

showing someone up

exposing to ridicule

holding up to shame

blowing whistle on

hanging something on

pointing finger at

declaring unfit

laying at one's door

sending up the river

animadverting upon

putting hooks in

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

causing offence to

giving offence to

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

holding responsible

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

protesting against

misrepresenting

making sport of

poking mullock at

taking the mickey

treating contemptuously

taking the piss out of

showing contempt

making a fool of

gossiping about

thundering against

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“He was ranting at the Porto manager, refusing to shake hands and shouting with that hideous gobby bit of chewing gum bobbling all over my nice widescreen.”

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