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What is another word for reprehending?

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Present participle for to criticize or reprove, especially in a formal or official way

Present participle for to express strong disapproval of

Present participle for to punish someone

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Present participle for to criticize or reprove, especially in a formal or official way

censuring

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

hauling over the coals

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone a rollicking

rapping over the knuckles

keelhauling

bollocking

slagging off

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone an earful

railing against

pulling up

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a bollocking

vilifying

giving a talking-to

letting someone have it

giving someone a rating

savaging

flaming

coming down on

giving someone a wigging

giving someone what for

pummelling^UK

giving someone a caning

giving someone some stick

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

casting aspersions on

raking over the coals

throwing brickbats at

besmirching

giving a bad press to

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

jumping down one's throat

giving flak to

nitpicking about

slapping someone's wrist

giving someone a bad press

picking to pieces

calling on the carpet

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

taking to the woodshed

going on at

giving a piece of one's mind

calling over the coals

biting someone's head off

passing strictures upon

giving something a bad press

impeaching

talking down

wading into

giving something a battering

jeering at

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

telling a thing or two

jumping down someone's throat

having someone on the carpet

taking down

reprimanding severely

counseling^US

counselling^UK

giving tongue-lashing

dishonoring^US

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

throwing the book at

giving someone stick

coming down on like a ton of bricks

cussing out

criticizing hatefully

shouting at

giving one hell

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

expressing disapproval of

stigmatising^UK

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

jumping on one's case

expressing strong disapproval of

reviewing unfavorably

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

minimizing^US

holding someone to blame

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

sending someone away with a flea in his

minimising^UK

doing a hatchet job on

bringing someone to trial

putting on trial

bringing charges against

preferring charges against

bringing a charge against

taking to court

laying charges against

having the law on

holding at fault

bringing a case against

slandering

dragging through the mud

sullying

libeling^US

libelling^UK

bringing into disrepute

staining

tarnishing

soiling

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

tarring and feathering

running smear campaign

spreading scandal about

complaining vociferously about

taking exception to

speaking out against

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

taking a stand against

raising objections to

protesting strongly at

protesting against

blackening the name of

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

ragging on

conducting a smear campaign against

disagreeing violently with

making light of

kicking up a fuss

putting up a fight against

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

treating lightly

making a stand against

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

delivering a tirade to

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

making an example of

meting out punishment to

deflating

dragging someone's name through the mud

giving a tongue-lashing

shooting full of holes

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

lodging a protest against

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

putting in a bad light

showing in a bad light

blackening someone's name

bringing into disfavour

ripping up

kicking up

taking great exception to

pettifogging

niggling about

kvetching about

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“The ethics committee will reprehend any researcher found guilty of misconduct.”

Verb

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Present participle for to express strong disapproval of

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

letting someone have it

coming down on

giving someone a bad press

giving something a bad press

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“I reprehend their actions on the basis of their lack of consideration towards others.”

Verb

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Present participle for to punish someone

penalising^UK

penalizing^US

coming down on like a ton of bricks

cracking down on

giving a lesson to

giving it to someone

giving someone the works

giving something a going-over

making an example of

meting out punishment to

rapping knuckles

slapping someone's wrist

teaching a lesson

tanning someone's hide

visiting

taking disciplinary action against

laying down the law

rapping over the knuckles

inflicting a penalty on

imposing a penalty on

imposing a sentence on

docking

meting out

pronouncing sentence on

meting out justice to

disciplining someone for

exacting a penalty from

awarding a penalty against

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