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To reprimand (someone)

To criticize or find fault with

To hold or have a negative opinion of

Verb

To reprimand (someone)

remonstrate with

haul over the coals

give a talking-to

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling-off

give someone hell

let someone have it

rap over the knuckles

give someone a caning

give someone a mouthful

give someone a rating

give someone a row

give someone a wigging

give someone some stick

give someone what for

tear off a strip

jump down one's throat

send someone away with a flea in their ear

read the riot act

give someone a bollocking

find fault with

rake over the coals

fulminate against

tear a strip off

slap on the wrist

give a piece of one's mind

call to account

inveigh against

give some stick to

vituperate against

slap someone's wrist

call on the carpet

cast aspersions on

lay down the law

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

call over the coals

give someone a bad press

throw brickbats at

point the finger

give a bad press to

bellyache about

sound off about

strongly criticize

rap on knuckles

give a going over

tell a thing or two

pass strictures upon

have someone on the carpet

hold accountable

hold responsible

bite someone's head off

make a protest to

give the business

criticize severely

lay at one's door

reprimand severely

assault verbally

rake over coals

give tongue-lashing

have words with

throw the book at

give a tongue-lashing

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

give comeuppance

hold someone to blame

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

express disapproval of

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

lose one's temper with

jump down someone's throat

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

criticize harshly

mete out punishment to

make an example of

express disapprobation

express disapprobation of

take disciplinary action against

have your knife in

give something a bad press

declaim against

criticize strongly

jump on one's case

snap someone's head off

go for the jugular

give going-over

give piece of mind

bring to account

give an injunction to

give someone a ticking-off

put on the carpet

take issue with

have a word with

bring charges against

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

give a black eye

cut to the quick

blacken someone's reputation

look askance at

take exception to

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

express disagreement

regard with disgust

feel revulsion to

feel aversion to

feel disgust for

raise objections to

assign fault to

lay a guilt trip on

lay the blame on

consider guilty of

assign guilt to

lay a bad trip on

assign liability to

place the blame on

do a hatchet job on

drag through the mud

blacken the name of

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

give a bad name

bring into disrepute

blacken the reputation of

blacken the character of

conduct a smear campaign against

hurl insults at

take a swipe at

give something a battering

cut down to size

be spiteful towards

be unkind about

be malicious about

speak of with disfavour

knock off high horse

give someone bondi

hold forth against

criticize unfairly

throw stones at

keep nothing back

erupt with anger

put someone on the hot seat

pin your ears back

put someone on the griddle

burn someone's ears

give vent to one's emotions

give free rein to one's emotions

attack somebody's dignity

give offence to

cause offence to

treat disrespectfully

hurt somebody's feelings

step on one's toes

shoot full of holes

put your back up

hit where one lives

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

give the cold shoulder

expostulate about

protest strongly at

make a fuss about

make a stand against

kick up a fuss about

thunder against

make a protest against

complain vociferously about

disagree violently with

oppose strongly

put up a fight against

kick up a stink about

complain bitterly about

take a stand against

speak out against

remonstrate about

take great exception to

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“Though sympathetic toward General Tang, Li said he still felt compelled to criticize General Tang for not obeying the moral principles of the military to never reprove superior officers.”

Verb

To criticize or find fault with

Verb

To hold or have a negative opinion of

take exception to

not take kindly to

be turned off to

have no taste for

have no stomach for

bear malice toward

find intolerable

hold no brief for

find distasteful

regard with disgust

be unable to bear

have no liking for

regard with distaste

be unable to stand

lose interest in

have hard feelings

hold in disfavour

be unable to stomach

have an aversion to

take a dim view of

be unable to tolerate

look down one's nose on

shake one's head

view with dislike

hold in disdain

view with disfavour

have a low opinion of

not think much of

look down one's nose at

regard with contempt

look askance at

treat with contempt

find unacceptable

turn your nose up at

be unable to abide

not be able to bear

have no use for

feel aversion to

not be able to stand

dislike greatly

feel aversion towards

regard with repugnance

feel repugnance towards

feel hostility to

indicate disapproval of

show disapproval of

feel hostile towards

bear a grudge against

feel revulsion towards

feel hostile to

feel repelled by

be displeased with

be dissatisfied with

feel revulsion to

have a poor opinion of

take dim view of

have a problem with

be grossed out by

show displeasure

feel contempt for

not be able to stomach

feel distaste for

feel animosity to

feel hostility toward

feel aversion toward

feel hostility towards

feel disgust for

feel repugnance toward

dislike intensely

feel disgust towards

have aversion to

find disgusting

feel repugnance

have a strong aversion to

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