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Verb
Find fault with
To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
Get onto
Invoke or use a curse against
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
To give a formal often extended talk on a subject
Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
Have a quarrel
Noun
A person, in particular a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly
A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault
Rap over the knuckles
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Verb
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Find fault with
rebuke
reprimand
reproach
berate
castigate
upbraid
censure
chide
reprove
rate
chastise
admonish
lambaste
carpet
criticise
UK
criticize
US
dress down
lecture
remonstrate with
tell off
go on at
keelhaul
rag
bawl out
blame
nag
pull up
rap
slate
take to task
tick off
blast
haul over the coals
blow up
chew out
monster
pitch into
row
wig
baste
bollock
call down
come down on
flay
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
give someone a rocket
give someone a rollicking
give someone a talking-to
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
hammer
jaw
lace into
lambast
lay into
objurgate
read someone the Riot Act
ream out
score
slap down
tear into
tongue-lash
let someone have it
rap over the knuckles
reprehend
trim
vituperate
abuse
asperse
caution
cavil
chasten
denounce
discipline
disparage
expostulate
find fault with
give someone a caning
have a go at
objurate
preach
put on the mat
rail
rant at
ream
recriminate
reprobate
revile
taunt
threap
vilify
bring someone to book
give someone a mouthful
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
give someone what for
read the riot act
take someone to task
give a rocket
give someone a bollocking
give someone a rating
jump on
keep aft
light into
put down
rail against
rail at
take to the woodshed
tear someone off a strip
yell at
give a talking-to
haul someone over the coals
have someone on the carpet
lay down the law
rake over the coals
send someone away with a flea in their ear
condemn
fry
jawbone
lesson
monish
oppose
pay
rake
read
rip
zap
carp on
go after
lean on
sit on
sound off
tear apart
climb all over
call on the carpet
jump down one's throat
correct
blow up at
bring to book
recompense
visit
ferule
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
skelp
spank
throw the book at
chew someone out
come down on someone like a ton of bricks
check
slap on the wrist
give the dickens
lower the boom
give piece of one's mind
send someone away with a flea in his
punish
flame
lash
diss
excoriate
penalise
UK
penalize
US
rap someone the knuckles
beat
blister
cane
drub
flog
scarify
scorch
scourge
thrash
whip
criticize severely
lay out
drag over the coals
accuse
discredit
defame
express disapproval of
disgrace
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
give comeuppance
lay on
rap someone over the knuckles
call to task
give the devil
read the riot act to
point the finger at
knock
pan
drum
tap
denunciate
skin
ding
forewarn
glue
growl
hoist
notice
read the Riot Act to
jack up
speak to
strongly criticize
talk to
draw the line
rap on knuckles
slap on wrist
come down hard on
give a going over
read the riot act to someone
slap someone on the wrist
tell a thing or two
give a piece of one's mind
exprobate
moralise
UK
moralize
US
give going-over
rank on
give piece of mind
dress someone down
tick someone off
reprimand severely
tell someone off
speak
warn
adjure
advise
counsel
give someone stick
exprobrate
bawl someone out
read someone the riot act
tear a strip off
attack
harangue
fulminate against
call over the coals
cudgel
deride
hit
roast
shellac
slap
slash
smear
smother
strike
slag off
lash into
rip into
have your knife in
pull someone up
rave at
chew
criticize hatefully
cuss out
eat out
give someone a carpeting
shout at
give one hell
give what for
jump all over
tear a strip off someone
call to account
harass
find fault
get after
get on
burn one's ears
take down
give a hard time
take down a peg
take somebody to task
ridicule
lampoon
satirise
UK
satirize
US
belabor
US
belabour
UK
fulminate
impugn
pillory
savage
bash
crucify
slam
pull apart
rollick
rubbish
bag
dis
dispraise
fault
sail into
slag
take to pieces
cut up
animadvert
backbite
contemn
denigrate
deprecate
disapprove
give someone a bad press
incriminate
judge
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
rebuff
remonstrate
scorn
carp at
look askance
pick apart
read out
attask
arraign
besmirch
malign
bad-mouth
cavil at
disapprove of
slur
inveigh against
maul
run down
trash
cast aspersions on
nitpick about
pour scorn on
skewer
assail
potshot
scathe
sledge
throw brickbats at
derogate
give flak to
hit out at
pick holes in
pull to pieces
animadvert on
bag on
give a bad press to
vituperate against
give some stick to
let fly
explode
burst out
lash out at
erupt with anger
keep nothing back
insult
belittle
curse
slight
offend
decry
discount
libel
minimise
UK
minimize
US
slander
oppress
persecute
calumniate
hose
injure
miscall
ride
traduce
zing
be rude to
blow off
call names
cut down
cut to the quick
do a number on
swear at
dump on
call someone names
trash-talk
give a black eye
make an example of
mete out punishment to
teach someone a lesson
tear down
criticize strongly
land on
pick on
scapegoat
be hard on
tear off a strip
come down on like a ton of bricks
slang
rile
vilipend
tie into
bark at
beat up on
cry down
have words
severely reprimand
rap across the knuckles
dress informally
be untidy
dress casually
slob around
rake over coals
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
rake someone over the coals
tear someone a new one
give a wigging
give someone the business
make fun of
take advantage of
sort out
deal with
start on
annoy
pester
have a word with
talk with
slap someone down
squash
squelch
deflate
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
execrate
take apart
tear to pieces
give a tongue-lashing
lash out
round on
criticize harshly
give someone a ticking-off
give an injunction to
brand
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
despise
cast a slur on
give a talking to
give somebody a piece of one's mind
give tongue-lashing
read somebody the riot act
bring to account
complain
protest
argue with
take issue with
make a protest to
proscribe
reject
anathematize
declaim against
run something down
adjudicate
blacklist
boycott
charge
declaim
deplore
finger
impeach
indict
inform
prosecute
rat
threaten
give something a bad press
charge with
show up
hang something on
rage against
thunder against
challenge
expostulate about
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
fume
inveigh
kick
kick against
make a protest against
object
object to
oppose strongly
rant
speak out against
thunder
vociferate
complain bitterly about
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
make a fuss about
raise objections to
kick up
make a stand against
take great exception to
take a stand against
kick up a fuss about
kick up a stink about
put up a fight against
afflict
repress
soften
subjugate
suppress
try
have on the carpet
sentence
handicap
amerce
dock
fine
imprison
mulct
exact a penalty from
hit with
impose a sentence on
impose penalty
inflict a penalty on
inflict handicap
slap with
award a penalty against
impose a penalty on
put at disadvantage
assault
dig into
tuck into
more ❯
“I
scold
him just before he brings the lighter to the tip.”
Verb
▲
To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
nag
harass
badger
harry
hound
berate
chivvy
hassle
henpeck
upbraid
bully
persecute
pester
worry
beef
bellyache
bleat
carp
caterwaul
complain
crab
criticise
UK
criticize
US
croak
dog
fuss
gripe
grizzle
grouch
grouse
growl
grumble
grump
holler
inveigh
keen
keep on at
kick
kvetch
maunder
moan
murmur
mutter
needle
peck at
plague
repine
ride
scream
squawk
squeal
vex
wail
whimper
whine
whinge
yammer
yaup
yawp
yowl
carp at
go on at
heavy
keep after
bait
distress
disturb
eat
egg
goad
grumble at
harp on at
heckle
hector
importune
moan at
nudge
pick on
prod
provoke
tease
urge
find fault with
keep complaining to
moan on at
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
find fault
give someone a hard time
pick at
work on
be on your back
give a hard time
take it out on
intimidate
torment
domineer
chide
niggle
bother
browbeat
bug
cavil
irritate
declaim
decry
disparage
rage
storm
abuse
censure
condemn
denigrate
denounce
fulminate
impugn
lash
protest
rail
remonstrate
revile
tongue-lash
vilify
admonish
blame
blast
castigate
except
expostulate
lambaste
object
rant
recriminate
reproach
roast
scorch
trash
vituperate
complain vehemently about
run down
beef about
bellyache about
go after
grouch about
have at
lay into
lay out
read out
rip into
sound off
work over
crack down on
kick up a fuss
let have it
sound off about
jump down one's throat
kick up a fuss about
kick up a stink about
keep at
harp on
prompt
remind
dominate
grip
enslave
haunt
haze
oppress
taunt
afflict
annoy
override
push
rate
torture
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
be arbitrary
be autocratic
tyrannize over
groan
chunter
create
mither
chirp
crib
natter
object to
go on
pule
snivel
speak out against
pick holes in
plain over
grieve
sigh
sulk
kick up a stink
more ❯
Verb
▲
Get onto
get onto
board
log on
reprimand
Verb
▲
Invoke or use a curse against
curse
imprecate
anathematize
execrate
excommunicate
jinx
abuse
accurse
beshrew
doom
hoodoo
maledict
revile
vilify
fulminate
hex
vituperate
swear at
put the evil eye on
put a curse on
put a jinx on
Verb
▲
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
snub
slight
cut
humiliate
cold-shoulder
insult
rebuff
affront
disdain
scorn
stiff
stiff-arm
ignore
repulse
spurn
blank
brush off
high-hat
humble
mortify
shame
misprize
put down
scout
treat disrespectfully
boycott
burr
censure
chill
coldshoulder
cool
cut dead
disregard
duck
freeze out
ice
neglect
offend
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
rebuke
scratch
shun
slur
snob
swank
upstage
knock back
act cool
give someone the brush-off
give someone the cold shoulder
ice out
pass up
take no notice of
give someone the go-by
give the brush
give the brushoff
kick in the teeth
look coldly upon
look right through
give someone a slap in the face
put the chill on
not give time of day
Verb
▲
To give a formal often extended talk on a subject
harangue
lecture
declaim
berate
criticise
UK
criticize
US
discourse
orate
address
attack
castigate
censure
descant
exhort
expatiate
lambaste
mouth off
perorate
pillory
speak
talk
upbraid
earbash
pontificate to
rant at
sermonize to
spout to
accost
admonish
apostrophize
buttonhole
declaim to
hold forth to
preach to
rant
rave
sermonise
UK
sermonize
US
soapbox
spiel
spout
stump
deliver a tirade to
preachify to
speechify to
spiel to
spout at
chew out
give a lecture to
sound off to
talk to
yell at
go on about
hold forth
get on a soapbox
Verb
▲
Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
rant
bluster
spout
fulminate
shout
bellow
declaim
rave
roar
yell
vociferate
cry
huff
pontificate
trumpet
hold forth
sound off
bloviate
clamour
UK
clamor
US
fume
harangue
mouth
objurgate
orate
perorate
rage
rail
seethe
sizzle
soapbox
spiel
storm
stump
deliver a tirade
go on and on
mouth off
rant and rave
carry on
go on
take on
blow one's top
explode
thunder
bristle
complain
Verb
▲
Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
rage
fume
seethe
rave
storm
be furious
boil
burn
fret
rant
chafe
be angry
be enraged
bristle
crack up
foam
lose it
rankle
see red
sizzle
spit
steam
be beside oneself
be incensed
be infuriated
go ballistic
have a fit
rant and rave
be boiling over
be incandescent
be livid
be wild
blow up
breathe fire
erupt
explode
lose the plot
lose your temper
overflow
roar
scream
splutter
surge
tear
wig out
yell
spit feathers
be beside yourself
be steamed up
blow your top
boil over
flip your lid
foam at the mouth
froth at the mouth
go berserk
go up the wall
jump up and down
look daggers
lose your rag
rail at
snap at
blow a fuse
blow one's top
champ at bit
go off the deep end
have a tantrum
let off steam
make a fuss over
throw a fit
work oneself into sweat
fly off the handle
Verb
▲
Have a quarrel
row
argue
bicker
quarrel
squabble
fight
dispute
scrap
wrangle
disagree
altercate
argufy
differ
fall out
brabble
brawl
controvert
hassle
jar
quibble
spar
spat
tiff
fratch
have a row
bandy words
be at odds
be at variance
berate
cross swords
fail to agree
have a fight
have a misunderstanding
have words
jaw
lock horns
ream
tongue-lash
be at loggerheads
chop logic
bawl out
call on the carpet
go at it hammer and tongs
Noun
▲
A person, in particular a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly
nag
shrew
termagant
complainer
fishwife
grumbler
harpy
harridan
moaner
nagger
Xanthippe
carper
fault-finder
kvetch
targe
fury
virago
vixen
dragon
spitfire
cat
hellcat
witch
battle-ax
battleax
US
battleaxe
UK
battle-axe
gorgon
hag
ogress
she-devil
tartar
amazon
backbiter
ballbreaker
biddy
calumniator
detractor
fire-eater
hellion
hussy
madcap
muckraker
porcupine
reviler
she-wolf
siren
tigress
vituperator
wench
dragon lady
old bag
hell cat
old bat
old biddy
martinet
cow
trout
beldame
aggressive woman
old cow
crone
strumpet
woman
old trout
caviller
fox
sex kitten
disciplinarian
more ❯
“These
scolds
may defy common sense, but they're still worthy of attention because they represent the consensus among the profession's elite.”
Noun
▲
A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault
carper
castigator
caviler
caviller
censurer
critic
criticizer
disparager
faultfinder
hypercritic
knocker
niggler
nitpicker
nag
nagger
quibbler
Noun
▲
Rap over the knuckles
rap over the knuckles
reproach
reproof
admonishment
admonition
castigation
criticism
lambasting
lecture
remonstration
reproval
upbraiding
bawling-out
blast
caning
censure
dressing-down
earful
rebuke
reprimand
roasting
row
scolding
telling-off
ticking off
bollocking
carpeting
give a talking-to
rating
rollicking
tell off
tick off
upbraid
wig
wigging
haul over the coals
put in your place
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