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What is another word for
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Verb
To criticize or find fault with
To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
Get onto
To have a quarrel or argument with someone
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
To make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject
Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
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
The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily
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Verb
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To criticize or find fault with
berate
admonish
castigate
rebuke
abuse
denounce
nag
reprimand
reproach
slate
upbraid
blast
carpet
lambast
revile
baste
caution
censure
chasten
chastise
chide
criticise
UK
criticize
US
disparage
monster
rate
reprobate
reprove
threap
vilify
blame
cavil
discipline
hammer
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
rag
rap
recriminate
reprehend
taunt
vituperate
wig
asperse
bollock
flay
jaw
rail
ream
row
score
expostulate
objurate
objurgate
preach
trim
put down
tell off
lay into
pull up
remonstrate with
tear into
dress down
rail against
rail at
tick off
bawl out
chew out
find fault with
jump on
light into
pitch into
rant at
ream out
give someone a bollocking
lace into
let someone have it
slap down
tongue-lash
blow up
give a talking-to
haul over the coals
have a go at
lay down the law
read the riot act
give a rocket
give someone a caning
rake over the coals
yell at
call down
come down on
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
go on at
take to task
take to the woodshed
bring to book
give someone a mouthful
rap over the knuckles
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
put on the mat
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
give someone what for
send someone away with a flea in their ear
have someone on the carpet
keep after
slap someone's wrist
give the business
condemn
excoriate
attack
slam
flame
slag off
harangue
savage
knock
diss
fulminate against
belabor
US
bash
slap on the wrist
punish
pan
belabour
UK
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
roast
pillory
tear a strip off
scathe
potshot
inveigh against
bad-mouth
denigrate
correct
blow up at
rubbish
lash
crucify
give a piece of one's mind
bag
trash
rip into
malign
assail
blister
call on the carpet
exprobate
rave at
jump down one's throat
check
smear
skewer
penalize
US
scorch
slash
run down
penalise
UK
talk to
cut up
shout at
criticize severely
cast aspersions on
insult
call over the coals
slander
curse
cane
accuse
calumniate
monish
fulminate
traduce
defame
come down hard on
lesson
arraign
besmirch
scourge
impugn
slur
fault
slang
slag
dis
dispraise
speak to
throw the book at
deprecate
pull apart
lean on
derogate
deal with
vituperate against
pull to pieces
call to account
let fly
rip
disapprove
warn
visit
rake
trounce
jawbone
growl
decry
lam into
discredit
rollick
complain
protest
libel
denunciate
wade into
contemn
lash out at
let fly at
whip
scorn
climb all over
carp at
stigmatize
US
skin
strongly criticize
remonstrate
sail into
maul
backbite
draw the line
come down on like a ton of bricks
swear at
execrate
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give a going over
pour scorn on
take to pieces
tell a thing or two
hit out at
tear apart
express disapproval of
judge
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
stigmatise
UK
animadvert on
take apart
declaim against
find fault
give some stick to
get after
cuss out
give one hell
take issue with
mete out punishment to
jump all over
reprimand severely
round on
recompense
spank
skelp
ferule
exprobrate
sort out
lampoon
brand
moralise
UK
moralize
US
attask
lash out
adjure
advise
counsel
harass
set upon
ridicule
fry
zap
oppose
rank on
give going-over
satirize
US
speak
dress-down
rake over coals
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
hit
rap someone's knuckles
satirise
UK
chew
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
ding
notice
glue
forewarn
hoist
tear to pieces
give piece of mind
proscribe
criticize harshly
cavil at
disapprove of
give tongue-lashing
despise
jack up
sit on
lash into
have words with
have words
take down
lay on
give comeuppance
sound off
give a tongue-lashing
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
bring to account
reject
give someone stick
nitpick about
carp on
call to task
point the finger at
take down a peg
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
sledge
throw brickbats at
explode
go after
deplore
blacken someone's reputation
cast a slur on
give a hard time
get on
belittle
slight
beat
burn one's ears
give flak to
pick holes in
give the devil
criticize strongly
tear down
be hard on
rag on
teach a lesson
make an example of
pick on
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
have your knife in
flog
thrash
anathematize
scarify
drub
deflate
browbeat
bag on
give a bad press to
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
give someone a bad press
offend
prosecute
declaim
burst out
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
run something down
impeach
show up
give something a bad press
indict
charge with
minimize
US
discount
read out
look askance
pick apart
afflict
repress
soften
try
suppress
subjugate
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
persecute
oppress
vilipend
tuck into
dig into
assault
have a word with
talk with
ride
zing
hose
injure
miscall
minimise
UK
argue with
rile
be rude to
call names
do a number on
blow off
cut down
cut to the quick
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
dump on
give a black eye
trash-talk
give vent to one's emotions
lose one's temper with
give free rein to one's emotions
make a protest to
cry down
tie into
beat up on
bark at
thunder against
rage against
expostulate about
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
challenge
rant
object
thunder
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
object to
raise objections to
vociferate
kick
make a protest against
fume
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
inveigh
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
take great exception to
sentence
handicap
amerce
hit with
mulct
impose penalty
imprison
fine
dock
award a penalty against
exact a penalty from
impose a penalty on
put at disadvantage
inflict a penalty on
impose a sentence on
slap with
inflict handicap
complain about
pick to pieces
find lacking
gripe about
grouch about
quibble about
carp about
moan about
grouse about
whine about
bellyache about
whinge about
beef about
nitpick over
sound off about
carp
frame
charge
fustigate
inculpate
nag at
impute
pass strictures upon
shoot down
hold accountable
hold responsible
lay at one's door
tax
skin alive
complain to
refute
question
confront
assault verbally
disagree with
take disciplinary action against
pile in
start on
start in
clobber
hold someone to blame
take on
fluff
slog
slug
put on the carpet
pick at
nit-pick
give bad press
throw shade
cut to bits
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
go for the jugular
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
pronounce
depreciate
name
adjudge
tear to shreds
send up
put away
present
criminate
lay at your door
bring charges against
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
loathe
send up the river
detest
hate
frown on
abhor
abominate
think wrong
be against
not support
look askance at
discountenance
take exception to
not believe in
disfavour
UK
discommend
detract
disfavor
US
negate
remonstrate against
disesteem
express a poor opinion of
be hostile towards
raise an
imprecate
reason
demur
dissuade
except
argue
disagree
pass on
regard with disgust
feel revulsion to
accurse
feel aversion to
feel disgust for
take issue
mistreat
murder
wallop
get
thump
scalp
misuse
hurt
harm
batter
manhandle
express disagreement
take exception
knock about
give it to someone
give someone the works
cuff
train
incarcerate
defrock
rough up
dismiss
beat up
do in
give a lesson to
immure
slap wrist
switch
crack down on
execute
punish severely
debar
expel
rap knuckles
blacklist
drop on
fix someone's wagon
give a going-over
attend to
have someone's guts for garters
exile
paddle
saddle
finger
protest to
hold liable
pass the buck
assign fault to
lay a guilt trip on
lay the blame on
consider guilty of
point a finger at
find guilty of
assign guilt to
lay a bad trip on
point the finger
assign liability to
place the blame on
accuse of
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“Joe tried to interject his apologies, but she continued to
scold
him before he could get a word in.”
Verb
▲
To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
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
pick at
work on
be on your back
give a hard time
take it out on
get on someone's back
bust someone's balls
bust chops
cavil
annoy
sound off
torment
domineer
protest
bother
disparage
object
revile
chunter
create
reproach
chirp
kick up a fuss
keep at
harp on
remind
prompt
tick off
tell off
intimidate
grieve
sigh
niggle
chide
sulk
groan
browbeat
bug
irritate
kick up a stink
mither
start on
natter
object to
crib
pule
snivel
speak out against
go on
plain over
pick holes in
decry
remonstrate
declaim
condemn
rant
lambaste
admonish
denounce
rail
impugn
lash
castigate
vituperate
oppress
taunt
vilify
roast
blast
recriminate
trash
censure
cry
fulminate
scorch
abuse
storm
rage
blame
denigrate
afflict
tyrannize
US
push
override
grip
torture
haze
yap
bawl
expostulate
yelp
tyrannise
UK
dominate
be autocratic
enslave
tyrannize over
tongue-lash
grouch about
lay out
rip into
lay into
jump down one's throat
work over
inveigh against
crack down on
go after
run down
complain vehemently about
kick up a fuss about
have at
beef about
let someone have it
sound off about
bellyache about
take exception
kick up a stink about
irk
aggravate
exasperate
gall
pique
nark
anger
peeve
nettle
rile
infuriate
ruffle
miff
get
get to
rankle
displease
wind up
rub up the wrong way
hack off
gravel
upset
rasp
put out
chafe
grate
give someone the hump
madden
hump
enrage
get across
drive up the wall
exacerbate
trouble
incense
burn up
rark
spite
frost
bedevil
get on your nerves
offend
itch
bum out
antagonize
US
agitate
make someone see red
antagonise
UK
fret
make angry
drive round the bend
hack you off
roil
drive crazy
inflame
drive mad
tee off
rub the wrong way
drive to distraction
get at
affront
molest
drive round the twist
make cross
get in your hair
outrage
disgruntle
devil
give someone the pip
perturb
beleaguer
rankle with
get your back up
pain
grate on
gnaw
T-off
give someone grief
sting
get your goat
get on one's nerves
make waves
put your back up
chivy
disgust
pursue
frustrate
rattle
beset
try
abrade
burn
be at
cheese off
get under your skin
get in someone's hair
get on your wick
get under one's skin
get on someone's nerves
get one's goat
raise someone's hackles
prick
insult
besiege
discommode
perplex
ire
enflame
mad
embarrass
get across someone
jar on
send into a rage
wear on
steam up
drive bananas
get someone's back up
rub you up the wrong way
make someone's blood boil
give the business
get under skin
give a bad time
be on the back of
interrupt
rag
discompose
stress
disquiet
rack
dun
inconvenience
tantalize
US
harrow
ridicule
agonize
US
curse
chagrin
anguish
tantalise
UK
dissatisfy
excruciate
gibe
bite
intrude upon
haunt
incommode
fire up
stir up
brown off
press
attack
overwhelm
strain
agonise
UK
make your blood boil
turn off
mess with
work up
egg on
get your dander up
raise your hackles
get in one's hair
get on someone's wick
make someone's hackles rise
put someone's back up
be a pain in the neck
put the squeeze on
set one's teeth on edge
be a thorn in someone's side
ruffle someone's feathers
hit where one lives
get on nerves
stick in one's craw
try your patience
drive you up the wall
get under someone's skin
try one's patience
try someone's patience
get someone's dander up
get up someone's nose
put someone's nose out of joint
get a rise out of
make blood boil
rouse
discountenance
embitter
spur
guy
excite
acerbate
bum
hack
steam
break
rib
mock
insist
try the patience of
question
examine
quiz
tweak
wound
put your nose out of joint
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
mess
push someon's buttons
eat at
rile up
incite
get up your nose
sour
grill
mortify
distemper
stress out
insist on
be on someone's back
start
push button
heat up
chaff
eat away at
get on somebody's nerves
get your hackles up
rattle someone's cage
ask for it
set on
noodge
macerate
work into lather
set off
despoil
take a rise out of
foray
bullyrag
make somebody's hackles rise
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
infest
awake
quicken
goose
motivate
absorb
grab
ignite
attract
interest
run up the wrong way
assail
razz
affect
ruffle one's feathers
be a nuisance to
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
get someone's hackles up
be a thorn in someone's flesh
rattle one's cage
jerk around
get on someone
breath down someone's neck
entangle
hamper
get on the nerves of
take the mickey out of
get in the hair of
take the piss out of
aggress
jump on one's case
weigh down
start in on
fall upon
fall on
give the needle
disrupt
jeer
umbrage
curdle
make see red
barrack
boo
make your hackles rise
make you see red
be like a red rag to a bull
shout down
yap at
scratch around
rag on
hiss
search high heaven
be on one's back
be on one's case
discomfit
dis
faze
disconcert
fluster
depress
jibe at
shout at
butt in
make game of
shout catcalls at
mix up
suppress
subjugate
maltreat
crush
subdue
repress
wrong
master
overcome
hegemonize
ill-treat
overpower
exploit
subject
scourge
keep down
treat harshly
encumber
overload
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
saddle
rule over
put down
be cruel to
hold sway over
walk all over
grind down
bring under the yoke
aggrieve
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
ride roughshod over
overthrow
trample
despotize
tyrranize
rule
rule with an iron hand
coerce
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
force
hold down
smother
put upon
bring to heel
handicap
tax
beat down
be brutal to
hurt
scare
bore
impede
cross
hinder
impose on
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
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Verb
▲
Get onto
get onto
board
log on
reprimand
Verb
▲
To have a quarrel or argument with someone
row
quarrel
argue
squabble
wrangle
fight
dispute
bicker
scrap
brawl
altercate
spat
quibble
argufy
disagree
controvert
hassle
tiff
brabble
jar
spar
differ
fratch
berate
jaw
ream
fall out
lock horns
cross swords
be at odds
have words
bandy words
have a row
be at loggerheads
chop logic
have a fight
fail to agree
be at variance
have a misunderstanding
tongue-lash
bawl out
go at it hammer and tongs
call on the carpet
clash
feud
contend
battle
fight like cat and dog
contest
mix it up
struggle
have a tiff
take on
threap
set to
debate
war
have a disagreement
tangle
dissent
have a spat
conflict
come to blows
bump heads
have at it
wrestle
grapple
caterwaul
tilt
scuffle
butt heads
put up a fight
vie
duel
lay into
be at sixes and sevens
cavil
oppose
argy-bargy
fence
have an altercation
have a barney
scrimmage
skirmish
box
exchange blows
tussle
pick a bone
face off
light into
break with
talk back
have an argument
discept
hash over
be at each other's throats
traverse
have a dust-up
have a set-to
have a punch-up
encounter
kick up a row
raise Cain
get into conflict
dig
scrape
get into a dispute
have a difference of opinion
trade zingers
nastily argue
pick at
vary
charge
collide
complain
divide
bump
carp
disapprove
embroil
strive
cause a scene
wage war
find fault
take exception
object to
have shouting match
discuss
have it out
get tough with
take up arms
be at daggers with
be at daggers drawn
bandy
agitate
canvass
canvas
moot
face
rassle
rough-house
jump on one's case
toss around
talk over
bat around
kick around
thrash out
bat back and forth
exchange views
hash out
sass
rehash
pettifog
gainsay
contradict
challenge
confront
mess
hammer away
face down
verbally fight
knock around
romp
object
disaccord
shift
pretend
nit-pick
waffle
hypercriticize
avoid
flip-flop
chicane
paralogize
evade
stick it to
pick an argument
sock it to
zap
haggle
discord
palter
get in one's face
go one on one
put up a struggle
have at each other
differ in opinion
be of a different opinion
be incompatible
have a different opinion
be divided
bang heads
not see eye to eye
be in dispute
jump on each other
go up against
jump on
let someone have it
rip into each other
take issue with
contradict each other
take issue
go for the jugular
mess with
argue over
be pedantic
hem and haw
put up an argument
catch at straws
blow hot and cold
make a big thing about
come into conflict
have a dispute
square up
come up against
become involved
joust
combat
do battle
stoush
roughhouse
swedge
assault each other
tug
hit each other
race
punch each other
lock antlers
assault
scrimmage with
protect
rowdy
war against
skirmish with
attack each other
clash with
engage in conflict
taste battle
spar with
fight over
go the knuckle
take all comers
take up the gauntlet
carry on war
race with
exchange blows with
race against
brush with
fight like Kilkenny cats
take the field
ply weapons
flare up
bear arms
bandy with
attack
struggle for
knuckle with
repel
go for
compete
try to win
defend
lay a finger on
challenge for
compete for
gang up on
battle for
contend for
vie for
withstand
put up dukes
strike
rumpus
square off
try for
tussle for
fight for
lay out
put on gloves
buck
cross
sock
rival
engage
be in conflict
go to war
protest against
make war
engage in hostilities
jostle
campaign
jockey
demur
essay
protest
repudiate
reject
nonconcur
have a scrap
quibble over
disagree with
nitpick
prevaricate
equivocate
niggle
criticize
US
pick to pieces
split hairs
bandy words with somebody
criticise
UK
slug
play off
mount an attack
trade punches
to fight
tourney
tackle
duke it out
manhandle
go at it
be in opposition
push
cut and thrust
close with
battle with
engage with
trade blows
enter the lists
break a lance
crusade
cuff
do battle with
struggle with
scrap with
come to blows with
tussle with
start fighting
go for each other
raise fists
slug it out
drive
press
demonstrate
advocate
shoot
bombard
stir up opinion
raise a fuss
cry out
grunt
endeavor
US
exert
work
strain
engage in combat
be at war
conduct a war
take the field against
march against
join battle
campaign against
grapple with
carry on hostilities
endeavour
UK
come to grips
get to grips
diverge
emulate
refuse
stickle
renounce
rebel
abjure
shy
decline
balk
US
struggle against
bid
attempt
try
strive against
rumble
baulk
UK
argue with
express disagreement
be at odds with
decline to support
say nothing doing
express disagreement with
be at variance with
withhold assent
express objection
not ratify
fail to agree with
say not a chance
say no way
refuse to support
fly in the face of
pit oneself against
go up against in contest
scramble for
try to beat
match strength
go for broke
pitch oneself against
seek prize
in the hunt
go for the gold
go head to head
match wits
run for
cope with
participate in
go after
pit yourself against
jockey for position
fight nastily
rebut
refute
debunk
disprove
counter
address
question
discredit
deny
examine
query
contravene
answer
disaffirm
disavow
invalidate
disclaim
negate
crush
confute
argue against
disconfirm
squelch
quash
dissent against
blow sky high
declare to be untrue
call into question
prove to be wrong
show to be wrong
contend over
quibble about
tear down
prove false
wonder about
shoot full of holes
put up argument
differ with
argue about
show up
have an argument about
prove to be false
agitate against
blow out of the water
pick an argument with
hammer away at
argue the pros and cons of
shoot down in flames
bandy words concerning
prove wrong
show to be false
shoot down
take a stand against
give thumbs down to
more ❯
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 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
give someone a slap in the face
put the chill on
not give time of day
keep at arm's length
look right through someone
reject
avoid
send to Coventry
exclude
repudiate
refuse
steer clear of
blacklist
blackball
shut out
snout
turn down
dismiss
decline
have nothing to do with
repel
turn back on
debar
cut someone cold
veto
give a wide berth to
look past
give the cold shoulder to
turn your back on
bar
tell someone where to get off
ban
keep away from
embargo
expel
disallow
jilt
pass by
leave out in the cold
evade
discourage
resist
give the bum's rush
hand someone the frozen mitt
ward off
hold off
keep at bay
eschew
bilk
fight shy of
shy away from
recoil from
leave alone
stave off
beat off
vote against
keep clear of
desert
discount
keep at a distance
disfellowship
excommunicate
stay away from
shrink from
fend off
forsake
black
cut off
proscribe
banish
disown
prohibit
look straight through
outlaw
scoff at
cast aside
balk at
place an embargo on
brush aside
sail by
walk by
fight off
avert
keep away
rebut
deflect
deter
reluct
pooh-pooh
drive away
dodge
elude
shirk
contemn
straight-arm
look through
give a pain
preclude
pretend not to see
keep one's distance from
hide from
be exclusive of
not be inclusive of
other
not include
sneer at
abandon
turn aside
keep off
parry
drive back
hold at bay
sneeze at
treat with contempt
turn your nose up at
look down on
hold in contempt
rule out
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
deny
check
refuse to employ
thumbs down
consider undesirable
put an embargo on
hit list
put on hit list
disparage
discredit
interdict
make unwelcome
disclaim
discard
turn up one's nose
refuse to entertain
ditch
leave in the cold
strike
oppose
reprove
chide
cross
withhold patronage
remove
oust
abstain from
stay clear of
tell someone to get lost
impose sanctions
hold aloof from
refrain from
wash hands of
refuse to take part in
put off
push back
send away
tell off
stay shy of
have no part in
stand aloof from
give the runaround
turn away from
leave behind
put behind you
sweep aside
not touch
give a wide berth
keep your distance from
have no part of
shy from
nix
down
negative
kill
evict
cashier
drum out
not hear of
lash out at
body-swerve
shake off
palm off
throw out
put in one's place
renounce
drop
abjure
abnegate
unfollow
unfriend
despise
burn
get rid of
force out
shoot down
cast out
keep out
leave off
give someone the big E
give someone the air
not buy
break with
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
swear off
give the elbow
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make (usually formal and extended) speech 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
pontificate
preach
preachify
sound off
speechify
expound
moralize
US
give a talk
fulminate
go on
moralise
UK
make a speech
pitch
drone on
teach
give an address
give a lecture
talk at length
pronounce
discuss
prelect
recite
jaw
deliver
give a speech
speak at length
give a sermon
take the floor
persuade
vociferate
speak out
comment
pontify
enlarge
develop
evangelize
US
debate
argue
instruct
evangelise
UK
utter
give speech
spout off
talk big
pile it on
opine
grandstand
dogmatize
deliver a speech
edify
ethicize
pulpiteer
minister
be moralistic
blow
express one's opinion
give sermon
lay down the law
proclaim
influence
sway
state
make an oration
declare
trumpet
mouth
assert
denounce
deliver a sermon
bloviate
give
induce
pass judgment
speak to
huff
bluster
dissertate
confer
blow hot air
bespeak
refer
memorialise
UK
memorialize
US
inveigh
rage
rail
lucubrate
converse
jaw to
give an address to
give a speech to
make a speech to
expound to
orate to
dissert
commentate
treat
elaborate
explain
modulate
dispute
confab
voice
write learnedly
expand
remark
chew
talk forcefully
ramble on
brag
ramble
boast
vapour
UK
vapor
US
rabbit on
yell
chatter
spellbind
shoot off one's mouth
decry
thunder
condemn
give a talk to
give a discourse to
give an oration to
give a sermon to
deliver a sermon to
deliver talk
give talk
drone on to
root for
give a dissertation to
deliver speech
write at length
embellish
disparage
protest strongly
dilate upon
elaborate on
give a meeting
enlarge on
dwell on
amplify
rant about
expostulate about
make a stand
make a protest
dilate
dilate on
pontificate about
express disapproval of
give lessons in
mouth off about
make a fuss about
kick up a stink about
expand on
develop on
go into detail about
discourse on
amplify on
hold forth about
address an audience
deliver an address
get across
descant on
dissertate on
write at length about
spout about
expound on
perorate on
speak at length about
sound off about
more ❯
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
lecture
discourse
expatiate
speak
talk
sermonize
US
preach
sermonise
UK
speechify
talk at length
preachify
descant
pronounce
address
speak at length
opine
drone on
go crazy
utter
go ape
go mad
speak out
moralize
US
moralise
UK
go off the deep end
jabber
grandstand
expound
explode
burst
become very angry
flip
brag
vapor
US
ramble
boast
chatter
vapour
UK
spellbind
get in a rage
talk forcefully
ramble on
rabbit on
recite
proclaim
do one's nut
jaw
give a lecture
state
give a talk
give an address
make an oration
assert
denounce
declare
make a speech
deliver a sermon
give a sermon
shoot off one's mouth
talk big
pile it on
blow hot air
berate
criticize
US
pillory
lambaste
attack
exhort
upbraid
censure
castigate
rant at
spout to
earbash
pontificate to
sermonize to
thunder
declaim to
yell at
spout at
chew out
hold forth to
sound off to
get on a soapbox
admonish
go on about
preach to
talk to
criticise
UK
buttonhole
deliver a tirade to
spiel to
give a lecture to
accost
apostrophize
speechify to
preachify to
babble
be furious
be incensed
be enraged
be beside oneself
be livid
lose control
have a fit
blow a fuse
go bananas
hit the roof
go wild
foam at the mouth
freak out
go through the roof
go spare
be fit to be tied
lose one's cool
flip one's wig
rattle on
run amuck
flip one's lid
froth at the mouth
talk wildly
go crackers
talk endlessly
go up the wall
come unglued
explode in anger
lose one's temper
fly off the handle
be very angry
go into a frenzy
be delirious
have steam coming out of one's ears
deliver a harangue
make a to-do
teach
give a speech
spout off
prelect
enlarge
develop
debate
argue
pontify
instruct
evangelize
US
pitch
deliver
speak up
have your say
evangelise
UK
take the floor
get across
address an audience
give lessons in
deliver an address
dogmatize
shoot
pulpiteer
express one's opinion
minister
give sermon
lay down the law
give speech
deliver a speech
pipe up
talk up
shoot one's mouth off
edify
pass judgment
discuss
dissertate
confer
embellish
lucubrate
converse
elaborate on
enlarge on
dwell on
amplify
dissert
commentate
treat
comment
elaborate
explain
modulate
dispute
confab
voice
write learnedly
expand
remark
chew
write at length
give a meeting
dilate upon
dilate
dilate on
pontificate about
descant on
expand on
dissertate on
write at length about
develop on
go into detail about
spout about
discourse on
expound on
perorate on
amplify on
speak at length about
sound off about
hold forth about
more ❯
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
have steam coming out of one's ears
do one's head in
do one's nut in
shout
thunder
bellow
complain
sound off
hit the roof
flare up
go mad
lose control
go crazy
go bananas
go wild
smoulder
UK
go ape
lose one's temper
blow a gasket
smolder
US
flip
get angry
be hot under the collar
simmer
go into a rage
get worked up
become enraged
flip out
go spare
go crackers
go through the roof
bluster
flare
get steamed up
be hopping mad
get hot under the collar
get mad
be in a rage
blow one's stack
fulminate
be very angry
be in a state
become furious
throw a wobbly
be mad
boil with rage
foam at mouth
become annoyed
go non-linear
become angry
go into a fury
be fit to be tied
flip one's wig
throw a tantrum
lose one's rag
sputter
smart
become very angry
rumble
fester
anger
go psycho
be up in arms
raise the roof
do one's nut
blow one's lid
be indignant
be irate
be all steamed up
be at boiling point
champ at the bit
get hot
spark
stew
get steamed up about
heat
be uptight
be tense
be agitated
chomp at the bit
fly into a passion
fly into a temper
lose your cool
have a cow
have a conniption fit
lose your head
go postal
fire up
burst a blood vessel
get all steamed up
boil over with rage
grow passionate
hit the ceiling
breathe fire and slaughter
become excited
become impassioned
get excited
grow vehement
become animated
heat up
get annoyed
be on the warpath
have lost one's temper
spout
declaim
huff
harangue
bridle
rail
babble
become indignant
become infuriated
lose one's cool
deliver a tirade
hold forth
talk endlessly
come unglued
explode in anger
go into a frenzy
deliver a harangue
carry on
rattle on
freak out
run amuck
flip one's lid
talk wildly
be delirious
make a to-do
resent
object
take offense
US
be maddened
rear up
recoil
swell
take umbrage
be irritated
ruffle
be defensive
draw oneself up
take offence
UK
become upset
get your dander up
have one's hackles up
get one's dander up
feel one's hackles rise
get your hackles up
pop one's cork
fly into a rage
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person, in particular a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly
shrew
nag
termagant
complainer
fishwife
grumbler
harpy
harridan
moaner
nagger
carper
kvetch
targe
Xanthippe
fault-finder
virago
fury
vixen
tartar
witch
hag
she-devil
battle-axe
ballbreaker
battleaxe
UK
battle-ax
battleax
US
dragon
dragon lady
hellcat
spitfire
ogress
gorgon
old bag
martinet
old bat
crone
cat
amazon
old cow
caviller
disciplinarian
trout
cow
woman
strumpet
beldame
old trout
fox
aggressive woman
sex kitten
vituperator
siren
madcap
tigress
muckraker
hussy
reviler
hellion
biddy
calumniator
backbiter
fire-eater
porcupine
detractor
she-wolf
wench
jade
old biddy
hell cat
bacchante
beldam
carline
carlin
trot
bag
jezebel
old woman
slattern
Medusa
more ❯
“His mother Aurelia was the village
scold
, brought repeatedly into court for creating turmoil with her tongue.”
Noun
▲
A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault
carper
disparager
censurer
critic
caviller
nitpicker
knocker
hypercritic
faultfinder
caviler
niggler
criticizer
castigator
nagger
quibbler
nag
complainer
slanderer
reviler
scolder
vilifier
attacker
defamer
censor
belittler
muckraker
mud-slinger
fault-finder
maligner
doubter
complainant
worrier
zapper
disapprover
disputer
fretter
panner
blamer
aristarch
nit-picker
detractor
backseat driver
sidewalk superintendent
moaner
denigrator
backbiter
deprecator
asperser
grumbler
vituperator
fusspot
traducer
pettifogger
libeller
decrier
derogator
calumniator
heckler
libeler
cynic
scandalmonger
mudslinger
whiner
whinger
grouser
Momus
exposer
opponent
enemy
harpy
shrew
depreciator
harridan
termagant
attack dog
character assassin
tartar
virago
targe
kvetch
pedant
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily
rap over the knuckles
reproach
reproof
admonishment
admonition
castigation
censure
criticism
lambasting
remonstration
reproval
upbraiding
caning
rebuke
reprimand
roasting
row
scolding
blast
bollocking
carpeting
earful
lecture
rating
rollicking
upbraid
wigging
bawling-out
dressing-down
talking-to
telling-off
tell off
ticking off
tick off
haul over the coals
being put in one's place
tongue-lashing
serve
rap
ticking-off
slap on the wrist
condemnation
rocket
stricture
chiding
reprehension
denunciation
blame
disapproval
excoriation
objurgation
riot act
commination
diatribe
tirade
harangue
slating
berating
bashing
philippic
obloquy
sideswipe
remonstrance
abuse
slur
attack
warning
disapprobation
caution
blowing-up
telling off
dressing down
comeuppance
hard time
talking to
a slap on the wrist
recrimination
flea in the ear
flea in ear
chastisement
rap on the knuckles
blowing up
speech
counsel
advice
disquisition
monologue
UK
exhortation
declamation
going over
oral punishment
bawling out
slap on wrist
grooming
what for
calling down
flea in your ear
piece of one's mind
ragging
spiel
slap in the face
going-over
expostulation
rebuff
put down
correction
kick in the teeth
chewing-out
shame
accusation
scorn
disrepute
odium
stain
slight
discredit
contempt
blemish
monolog
US
sermon
stick
fault-finding
objection
dissatisfaction
displeasure
deprecation
chewing out
piece of your mind
vilification
persecution
vituperation
assault
invective
scurrility
malevolence
panning
slagging
argument
knocking
jibe
fulmination
confrontation
contumely
libel
traducement
slander
pugnacity
denigration
defilement
offense
US
revilement
vitriol
indignity
combativeness
broadside
derision
calumniation
insolence
disagreement
belligerence
billingsgate
impugnment
insult
rant
offence
UK
aspersions
calumny
defamation
polemic
disparagement
bad press
character assassination
verbal onslaught
verbal assault
opprobrium
flak
insults
animadversion
bad-mouthing
disfavour
UK
reviling
disfavor
US
verbal abuse
reprobation
brickbat
knock
verbal
railing
disesteem
disgrace
execration
slagging off
derogation
mud-slinging
humiliation
scurrilousness
smear
denouncement
slamming
stigma
sarcasm
aspersion
slam
scandal
cut
ignominy
infamy
outrage
slap
dislike
distaste
curses
detraction
hostility
slurs
dishonour
UK
brickbats
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