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Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments

Of or pertaining to an admonition

Offensive and insulting, especially in a hostile manner

Present participle for to reprimand (someone)

Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

Present participle for to hold or have a negative opinion of

Present participle for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong

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Adjective

Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments

unfavourable^UK

full of reproof

pass-remarkable

severely critical

uncomplimentary

difficult to please

over-censorious

impossible to please

on someone's back

straightforward

straight from the shoulder

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to an admonition

Adjective

Offensive and insulting, especially in a hostile manner

uncomplimentary

unfavourable^UK

dishonouring^UK

disadvantageous

politically incorrect

full of reproof

full of contempt

misrepresentative

scandalmongering

unsubstantiated

high and mighty

on your high horse

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Verb

Present participle for to reprimand (someone)

remonstrating with

hauling over the coals

giving a talking-to

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone hell

letting someone have it

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a caning

giving someone a mouthful

putting on the mat

giving a rocket

giving someone a rating

giving someone a row

giving someone a wigging

giving someone some stick

giving someone what for

tearing off a strip

jumping down one's throat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

reading the riot act

giving someone a bollocking

railing against

finding fault with

raking over the coals

fulminating against

tearing a strip off

picking holes in

giving a piece of one's mind

calling to account

inveighing against

giving some stick to

vituperating against

slapping someone's wrist

disapproving of

animadverting on

casting aspersions on

pulling to pieces

laying down the law

calling on the carpet

pouring scorn on

taking to the woodshed

calling over the coals

complaining about

stigmatizing^US

coming down hard on

stigmatising^UK

taking to pieces

picking to pieces

nitpicking about

throwing brickbats at

jumping all over

bringing to book

giving a bad press to

climbing all over

finding lacking

quibbling about

grouching about

whingeing about

nitpicking over

bellyaching about

sounding off about

giving someone a bad press

passing strictures upon

having someone on the carpet

pointing the finger

strongly criticizing

telling a thing or two

giving a going over

drawing the line

giving one hell

rapping on knuckles

slapping on wrist

criticizing severely

biting someone's head off

giving the business

making a protest to

doing a number on

reprimanding severely

dishonouring^UK

assaulting verbally

rapping knuckles

disagreeing with

raking over coals

giving tongue-lashing

having words with

throwing the book at

criticizing harshly

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

giving comeuppance

jumping down someone's throat

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

expressing disapproval of

taking down a peg

giving a hard time

burning one's ears

criticizing hatefully

giving someone a carpeting

giving someone stick

coming down on like a ton of bricks

calling to task

making an example of

meting out punishment to

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

taking disciplinary action against

giving piece of mind

giving going-over

teaching a lesson

criticizing strongly

cutting to bits

passing judgment

giving bad press

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

casting a slur on

giving the devil

having your knife in

holding responsible

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

bringing to account

declaiming against

giving something a bad press

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

giving someone a ticking-off

giving an injunction to

putting on the carpet

giving a black eye

cutting to the quick

taking issue with

tearing to shreds

having a word with

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

tearing to pieces

giving a tongue-lashing

laying at one's door

bringing charges against

looking askance at

taking exception to

discountenancing

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

looking askance

taking exception

expressing disagreement

regarding with disgust

feeling disgust for

feeling revulsion to

feeling aversion to

raising objections 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

Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

inveighing against

finding fault with

giving someone a bad press

giving something a bad press

fulminating against

thundering against

letting someone have it

declaring unfit

laying at one's door

pointing finger at

blowing whistle on

hanging something on

sending up the river

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Verb

Present participle for to hold or have a negative opinion of

discountenancing

disapproving of

tut-tutting about

tut-tutting over

not appreciating

having no stomach for

looking down on

taking exception to

having no taste for

not taking kindly to

taking a dim view of

finding unacceptable

not standing for

finding repellent

regarding with disgust

holding no brief for

having no liking for

having no taste

regarding with distaste

finding intolerable

making faces at

having hard feelings

losing interest in

bearing malice toward

holding in disfavour

finding distasteful

look down one's nose at

having an aversion to

shaking one's head

looking down one's nose on

viewing with disfavour

viewing with dislike

having a low opinion of

turning your nose up at

holding in disdain

regarding with contempt

looking askance at

not thinking much of

treating with contempt

looking down upon

having a down on

disagreeing with

having no use for

not feeling like

disliking greatly

having it in for

feeling hostile towards

feeling revulsion towards

feeling aversion towards

feeling malice to

bearing a grudge against

having a poor opinion of

taking dim view of

having a problem with

regarding with repugnance

feeling aversion to

feeling hostility to

feeling contempt for

feeling contempt

feeling repugnance towards

feeling repugnance

finding disgusting

having a strong aversion to

having aversion to

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Verb

Present participle for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong

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