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Noun
A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child
A mean action
Adjective
Extremely offensive and insulting
(
of a person
)
Constantly harassing someone to do something
Of or pertaining to an admonition
Inclined to find fault too readily
Verb
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
Getting onto
Present participle for to have a quarrel or argument with someone
Present participle for rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
Present participle for to make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject
Present participle for speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
Present participle for feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
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▲
Noun
▲
A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child
admonition
dressing-down
lecture
rebuke
remonstration
reproof
reproval
row
telling-off
wigging
castigation
criticism
lambasting
rap
upbraiding
admonishment
bawling-out
blast
caning
carpeting
censure
earful
rating
reprimand
reproach
roasting
rollicking
ticking-off
berating
bollocking
caution
chiding
reprehension
tongue-lashing
ticking off
chewing out
rap over the knuckles
talking to
piece of your mind
talking-to
obloquy
blame
tirade
condemnation
abuse
rocket
diatribe
denunciation
vituperation
slander
invective
chastisement
harangue
revilement
excoriation
defamation
contumely
stricture
disapproval
objurgation
vilification
libel
insults
slating
scurrility
serve
bad-mouthing
stick
billingsgate
dressing down
denigration
disparagement
slap on the wrist
remonstrance
opprobrium
flak
aspersions
vitriol
fulmination
riot act
verbal abuse
commination
sideswipe
telling off
character assassination
reviling
calumny
verbal
discipline
disapprobation
slagging off
railing
correction
slagging
comeuppance
calumniation
scurrilousness
knocking
attack
warning
mud-slinging
derision
slur
objection
fault-finding
derogation
bashing
curses
scorn
deprecation
contempt
punishment
put down
philippic
cursing
accusation
panning
going-over
broadside
recrimination
discredit
slamming
bad press
animadversion
hard time
reprobation
speech
traducement
rant
declamation
offense
US
insolence
exhortation
polemic
offence
UK
chastening
slurs
penalty
counsel
wrath
insult
spiel
denouncement
nemesis
deserts
venom
backbiting
ragging
odium
injunction
verbal onslaught
blowing-up
sermon
rap on the knuckles
notice
critique
signifying
verbal attack
going over
smear
aspersion
piece of one's mind
faultfinding
nitpicking
carping
cavilling
UK
cavil
knock
arraignment
roast
caviling
US
verbal disapproval
nit-picking
verbal blasting
aversive
aversive stimulus
a slap on the wrist
advice
heat
disquisition
monologue
UK
slap on the wrists
blowing up
preachment
moralism
preaching
shame
barracking
teasing
jeering
hectoring
caveat
disrepute
rebuff
dissatisfaction
execration
expostulation
verbal thrashing
slight
stain
displeasure
depreciation
disfavour
UK
blemish
ridicule
stream of abuse
monolog
US
belittlement
belittling
disdain
lessening
degradation
slandering
malice
evil-speaking
upbraid
scold
flea in the ear
flea in one's ear
disfavor
US
address
negative reinforcement
spitefulness
spite
fulminations
obscenity
slanderousness
indecency
debasement
detraction
torrent of abuse
retribution
chewing-out
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
hostility
rubbishing
cattiness
scandal
coarseness
offensiveness
mocking
diminishment
homily
oration
monition
ultimatum
stigmatization
US
implication
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
a lashing
a caning
a roasting
backstabbing
underestimation
mauling
savaging
abusiveness
infamousness
grossness
raps
knocks
brickbats
enmity
being put in one's place
tick off
haul over the coals
tell off
peroration
talk
inculpation
incrimination
indictment
prejudice
a bollocking
a wigging
a rocket
a rollicking
fire
ill will
charge
stigmatisation
UK
upbraidment
smearing
damning
grooming
jeremiad
tongue lashing
slights
swearing
indignities
jibes
expletives
spouting
pep talk
discourse
reading out
hassle
screed
rebukes
slanging
disrespect
slam
rudeness
bawling out
what for
calling down
oral punishment
examen
quibble
swipe
slap on wrist
flea in your ear
verbals
quinine
knifing
hosing
takedown
slap
pan
hit
captiousness
brickbat
sledge
cut
put-downs
critical remark
call down
bad notice
foul language
swear words
name-calling
persecution
trash talk
malevolence
assault
kicking around
pushing around
argument
jibe
confrontation
a slanging match
pugnacity
defilement
indignity
combativeness
disagreement
belligerence
impugnment
verbal assault
malediction
complaint
proscription
decrying
battering
boycott
curse
sarcasm
opposition
rejection
dislike
ban
damnation
sentence
exception
demurral
distaste
dissent
discountenance
disesteem
anger
ranting
dispute
conviction
epithet
barb
discontentment
dig
imprecation
judgment
US
excommunication
a bad press
judgement
UK
outburst
thumbs down
gibe
affront
catcall
outrage
libeling
US
libelling
UK
maligning
vilifying
traducing
aspersing
defaming
blackening
taunting
anathema
taunt
backhanded compliment
black eye
dirty dig
comeback
dump
onslaught
censoriousness
imputation
attribution
repudiation
impeachment
barrage
complaints
lamentation
moan
lament
groan
keen
exprobation
protest
prohibition
exchange
screen
wail
plaint
sideswipes
aggravation
perception
observation
dooming
embargo
vociferation
doom
mudslinging
maliciousness
discharge
intimidation
bad language
philippics
blaming
interdict
jeer
blasphemy
counterblast
malison
winze
provocation
debarment
sneer
taboo
sanction
blackball
zing
boo
nix
ostracism
hiss
discontent
ridiculing
mockery
goading
scoff
threat
penalization
penance
justice
black list
crack
parting shot
jab
snappy comeback
beating
threat of punishment
punitive action
a bawling-out
a bashing
an earful
a row
critical remarks
jumping
scandalmongering
diss
muckraking
dirt
dis
strike
gird
dart
aftertale
slime
rumour
UK
lie
poke
harassment
name
rumourmongering
UK
rumor
US
rumormongering
US
mud
personality
torment
hounding
defamation of character
scoffing
offensive
false report
smear campaign
low-down dirty
malicious gossip
dirty laundry
false light
tittle-tattle
fake news
slagging-off
slap in face
cheap shot
gibing
wisecrack
bias crime
hate crime
beating up
burlesque
banter
lampooning
raillery
mocking remark
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“She points her finger at me and adopts that
scolding
tone the French have mastered so well.”
Noun
▲
A mean action
meanness
belittling
cheating
coveting
deceiving
defaming
defrauding
degrading
dishonouring
UK
dishonoring
US
grovelling
UK
groveling
US
grudging
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
shaming
sneaking
Adjective
▲
Extremely offensive and insulting
abusive
insulting
rude
offensive
disparaging
scurrilous
vituperative
contemptuous
defamatory
derisive
contumelious
degrading
invective
scathing
slanderous
affronting
castigating
libellous
UK
maligning
reproachful
reviling
belittling
censorious
denigratory
derogatory
disrespectful
insolent
opprobrious
pejorative
uncomplimentary
vilifying
vulgar
blasphemous
disdainful
scornful
scurril
scurrile
slighting
truculent
upbraiding
vitriolic
vituperatory
calumniating
castigatory
reproving
traducing
berating
foul
injurious
libelous
US
obloquious
obnoxious
rough
sarcastic
sharp-tongued
unmannerly
violent
withering
critical
harsh
virulent
sardonic
malign
calumniatory
malicious
ranting
denunciatory
disappointed
disapproving
fault-finding
condemnatory
admonitory
accusatory
judgmental
faultfinding
accusing
full of reproof
nasty
obscene
indecent
coarse
deprecatory
filthy
dirty
catty
spiteful
smutty
hurtful
lewd
crude
scandalous
detractive
venomous
gross
profane
ribald
bitter
depreciative
vicious
derisory
derogative
wounding
vile
hateful
raunchy
depreciatory
demeaning
discourteous
malevolent
salacious
humiliating
denigrative
unfriendly
biting
mean
unkind
bawdy
damaging
cruel
calumnious
X-rated
impertinent
sharp
bad
indelicate
cutting
blue
suggestive
malignant
hostile
sordid
vindictive
unpleasant
decrying
unprintable
uncivil
uncouth
acerbic
inconsiderate
negative
foul-mouthed
off colour
aggressive
sneering
impure
deprecating
surly
caustic
uncharitable
low
Rabelaisian
disagreeable
scatological
annoying
scatologic
unsympathetic
despiteful
rancorous
pornographic
churlish
lascivious
trashy
stag
gutter
wanton
inappropriate
shocking
porny
mocking
locker-room
earthy
impolite
racy
distasteful
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
personal
colourful
UK
acrimonious
aspersive
outrageous
dismissive
mordant
saucy
brusque
irritating
detracting
curt
repulsive
severe
snide
ungracious
satirical
bad-mannered
improper
cantankerous
antagonistic
poisonous
despicable
acerb
crass
angry
mud-slinging
tasteless
naughty
colorful
US
impudent
jeering
base
ill-humored
US
indecorous
unflattering
discrediting
cheeky
objectionable
defaming
mean-spirited
ill-natured
denigrating
ill-humoured
UK
unfavourable
UK
evil-minded
offending
depraved
brash
dishonouring
UK
lying
backbiting
debasing
gruff
galling
blunt
acid
trenchant
barbed
Fescennine
stinging
incisive
unfavorable
US
detractory
hard
ill-mannered
detestable
belligerent
dishonoring
US
tart
embarrassing
combative
minimizing
US
disgusting
inhospitable
bellicose
confrontational
pugnacious
shameless
savage
wrathful
blistering
astringent
minimising
UK
uncongenial
licentious
searing
acidulous
wretched
supercilious
unsociable
sour
scrappy
debased
acrid
corrosive
snarky
smart-mouthed
acidic
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
scalding
pungent
satiric
abhorrent
joyless
militant
furious
odious
unwholesome
ornery
mordacious
dishonorable
US
contemptible
sleazy
fractious
irreverent
risqué
porn
porno
splenetic
devastating
boorish
spicy
fruity
steamy
viperous
abrasive
dishonourable
UK
gamy
adult
tactless
cheap
off-color
sickening
near the knuckle
close to the bone
inelegant
ironical
mortifying
depreciating
forward
pert
pushy
brazen
malapert
sassy
diminishing
deflating
ridiculing
discreditable
familiar
intrusive
abrupt
short
false
misrepresentative
untrue
resentful
maledictory
muckraking
scandalmongering
Cyprian
graceless
aspersing
slurring
maledictive
profanatory
choice
aspersory
atrocious
sharp-worded
peppery
double-edged
thoughtless
offhand
strong
sacrilegious
dyslogistic
disadvantageous
sniping
downgrading
wicked
envenomed
maleficent
malefic
infamous
scabrous
groundless
scoffing
explicit
stabbing
fierce
rotten
tough
tacky
grody
ignorant
awkward
unsophisticated
rank
vituperous
irritable
epithetical
evil-intentioned
unsavoury
UK
uncultured
lowbrow
defiant
grating
stern
foulmouthed
grouchy
sulky
haughty
superior
uncivilised
UK
immodest
unclean
tawdry
uncivilized
US
unsavory
US
unfeeling
brutal
snappish
grumpy
snappy
sullen
cross
tetchy
irascible
overbearing
cynical
sniffy
hypercritical
snotty
egotistic
snooty
callous
insensitive
unchaste
unrefined
unsettling
loutish
colloquial
unpolished
unutterable
concupiscent
cranky
testy
narky
querulous
stroppy
ratty
shirty
peevish
petulant
affrontive
arrogant
full of contempt
pitiless
comfortless
raw
hard-core
slippery
villainous
outlandish
sneaking
soft-core
unworthy
peckish
liverish
crotchety
chippy
soreheaded
huffy
miffy
grumbling
curmudgeonly
waxy
spiky
argumentative
displeasing
libeling
US
excoriating
libelling
UK
shaming
disgracing
damning
injuring
hurting
abasing
reproaching
rubbing the wrong way
hard to take
short-tempered
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
on a short fuse
short-fused
exasperating
horrible
dreadful
provocative
vexing
provoking
exceptionable
awful
unacceptable
reprehensible
censurable
revolting
terrible
execrable
ignominious
ignoble
currish
paltry
repellent
appalling
horrendous
upsetting
ruthless
loathsome
ghastly
insufferable
low-down
low-minded
hellish
rancid
repellant
grotty
hideous
nauseating
God-awful
evil
bogging
noisome
frightful
abominable
fulsome
noxious
hellacious
lousy
beastly
repugnant
ugly
nauseous
rebarbative
yucky
yucko
disgustful
loathly
invidious
horrid
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a person
)
Constantly harassing someone to do something
nagging
complaining
shrewish
critical
fault-finding
grumbling
carping
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
sharp-tongued
on someone's back
petulant
cantankerous
snappy
catty
discontented
quarrelsome
irritable
peevish
rancorous
captious
snide
litigious
cattish
backbiting
aggressive
mean
venomous
vindictive
nasty
spiteful
vixenish
ill-humored
US
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to an admonition
admonitory
admonishing
cautionary
warning
advisory
rebuking
cautioning
exemplary
monitory
premonitory
reprimanding
reproachful
reproving
advice-giving
condemnatory
counselling
UK
counseling
US
critical
deterrent
disapproving
instructive
ominous
preventive
hinting
wise
portending
threatening
giving warning
harsh
bodeful
monitorial
exhortatory
worrying
prognostic
sobering
precautionary
serving as a deterrent
Adjective
▲
Inclined to find fault too readily
overcritical
cavilling
UK
captious
carping
fault-finding
hypercritical
pedantic
pernickety
hair-splitting
over-censorious
over-particular
picky
quibbling
caviling
US
critical
fastidious
faultfinding
finicky
fussy
hairsplitting
hard to please
judgmental
meticulous
nit-picking
over-exacting
overparticular
overscrupulous
pass-remarkable
perfectionist
punctilious
rejective
analytical
belittling
biting
calumniatory
cavillous
censorious
censuring
choleric
condemning
contemptuous
critic
cutting
cynical
demanding
demeaning
derogatory
diagnostic
disapproving
discerning
discriminating
disparaging
exacting
exceptive
harsh
humbling
judgy
lowering
nagging
niggling
nitpicking
overnice
particular
penetrating
reproachful
sarcastic
satirical
severe
sharp
stern
trenchant
withering
pettifogging
nice
persnickety
condemnatory
nit-picky
criticizing
US
negative
criticising
UK
deprecatory
scathing
difficult to please
choosy
dainty
judgemental
difficult
finical
finicking
delicate
old-maidish
choosey
fussbudgety
impossible to please
castigatory
denunciatory
unfavourable
UK
complaining
reproving
griping
bellyaching
whingeing
unfavorable
US
over-rigorous
over-strict
scrupulous
squeamish
fine
painstaking
nitpicky
overprecise
tricky
careful
faddy
stickling
subtle
querulous
grousing
grouchy
moaning
grumbling
overrefined
grouching
whining
overexact
awkward
overexacting
pharisaic
self-righteous
bleating
fussbudget
over-fastidious
faddish
slighting
berating
damning
kvetching
pejorative
fiddly
detailed
on someone's back
mithering
chuntering
unforgiving
deprecating
unsympathetic
dissatisfied
discontented
culpatory
accusatory
denouncing
reprehending
vituperative
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
irritable
crabby
touchy
cantankerous
peevish
trivial
testy
perverse
petty
thorny
acrimonious
unfair
contrary
petulant
unjust
cross
reprobatory
overdelicate
reprobative
very critical
assiduous
full of reproof
ultra-critical
sedulous
exact
precise
refined
queasy
thorough
very careful
easily disgusted
conscientious
selective
rigorous
strict
prissy
methodical
heedful
accurate
prim
diligent
prudish
correct
strait-laced
religious
conscionable
punctual
attentive
cautious
inflexible
proper
studious
ultra-careful
laborious
close
puritanical
sensitive
perceptive
acute
judicious
rigid
mathematical
complex
stiff
precisionist
choicy
elaborate
literalist
dogmatic
literalistic
formalist
purist
orderly
scholastic
casuistical
casuistic
sophistical
sophistic
niminy-piminy
stuffy
Victorian
formal
starchy
keen
deliberate
schoolmarmish
priggish
circumspect
thoughtful
mincing
select
eclectic
industrious
stilted
tough
sticklerish
fretful
fuddy-duddy
obsessive
prudent
vigilant
exhaustive
searching
faithful
conventional
thoroughgoing
discriminative
observant
loving
strenuous
minute
unerring
hairline
opinionated
by the numbers
by the book
complicated
rough
pure
timid
earnest
persevering
hard-working
pinpoint
stickler
microscopic
timorous
niggly
principled
unswerving
right
overfastidious
picky-picky
old maidish
systematic
duteous
zealous
old womanish
spot-on
honourable
UK
high-minded
honorable
US
upstanding
upright
crossing the t's
white-glove
dotting the i's
ordered
controlled
scrutinising
UK
hard-to-please
scrutinizing
US
uncompromising
undeviating
unfailing
overcautious
well organized
moral
ethical
righteous
right-minded
stringent
cultivated
astute
extremely particular
decorous
stiff-necked
ceremonious
fixed
scientific
tasteful
loyal
steadfast
reliable
considered
shrewd
insightful
perspicacious
old-womanish
perfect
civil
seemly
formalistic
overconscientious
polite
courteous
sagacious
cultured
discriminational
discriminatory
differential
moralistic
puritan
ultra-fine
exquisite
fine-drawn
dead on
faultless
incorrupted
finespun
skilful
UK
skillful
US
definite
winning
superior
nuanced
nifty
artistic
aesthetic
UK
provident
dedicated
intensive
full
right on
good eye
old-maid
governessy
goody-goody
demure
mimsy
narrow-minded
nice-nelly
overmodest
schoolmistressy
straitlaced
straightlaced
bluenosed
wise
with good taste
individualising
UK
individualizing
US
esthetic
US
solid
regardful
concerned
selfdisciplined
discreet
chary
balanced
rational
logical
pragmatic
deep
reasoned
levelheaded
reasonable
in-depth
simpering
pretentious
genteel
narrow
uptight
affected
Grundyish
austere
artificial
bigoted
offish
square
illiberal
going to great lengths
mature
prim and proper
well thought-out
well-grounded
protective
shielding
mollycoddling
protecting
patronizing
US
overprotective
patronising
UK
restrictive
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
berating
admonishing
castigating
rebuking
abusing
denouncing
nagging
reprimanding
reproaching
slating
upbraiding
blasting
carpeting
lambasting
reviling
basting
cautioning
censuring
chastening
chastising
chiding
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
disparaging
rating
reprobating
reproving
threaping
vilifying
blaming
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
disciplining
hammering
keelhauling
lecturing
ragging
rapping
recriminating
reprehending
taunting
vituperating
wigging
aspersing
bollocking
flaying
jawing
railing
reaming
rowing
scoring
expostulating
objurgating
preaching
trimming
putting down
telling off
laying into
pulling up
remonstrating with
tearing into
dressing down
railing against
railing at
ticking off
bawling out
chewing out
finding fault with
jumping on
lighting to
pitching into
ranting at
reaming out
giving someone a bollocking
lacing to
letting someone have it
slapping down
tongue-lashing
blowing up
giving a talking-to
hauling over the coals
having a go at
laying down the law
reading the riot act
giving a rocket
giving someone a caning
raking over the coals
yelling at
calling down
coming down on
giving someone a row
giving someone a wigging
giving someone some stick
going on at
taking someone to task
taking to task
taking to the woodshed
bringing someone to book
giving someone a mouthful
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone an earful
giving someone a roasting
giving someone a rocket
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone hell
putting on the mat
tearing off a strip
giving someone a rating
giving someone what for
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
having someone on the carpet
keeping after
slapping someone's wrist
condemning
excoriating
attacking
dissing
flaming
knocking
slagging off
slamming
haranguing
savaging
fulminating against
punishing
panning
pummelling
UK
pummeling
belaboring
US
bashing
roasting
lashing
belabouring
UK
pillorying
tearing a strip off
inveighing against
bad-mouthing
denigrating
correcting
blowing up at
rubbishing
crucifying
giving a piece of one's mind
bagging
maligning
assailing
blistering
calling on the carpet
exprobating
shouting at
talking to
trashing
rapping someone over the knuckles
jumping down one's throat
checking
scathing
potshotting
smearing
skewering
penalizing
US
scorching
slashing
running down
penalising
UK
cutting up
ripping into
criticizing severely
casting aspersions on
insulting
arraigning
raving at
slandering
cursing
caning
accusing
calumniating
traducing
calling to account
monishing
fulminating
speaking to
defaming
coming down hard on
lessoning
besmirching
scourging
harassing
impugning
slurring
faulting
slanging
slagging
dispraising
throwing the book at
deprecating
pulling apart
leaning on
chewing someone out
derogating
dealing with
slapping someone on the wrist
vituperating against
pulling to pieces
letting fly
ripping
calling over the coals
disapproving
warning
visiting
raking
trouncing
jawboning
growling
decrying
discrediting
rollicking
libeling
US
libelling
UK
protesting
complaining
denunciating
contemning
scorning
whipping
stigmatizing
US
climbing all over
carping at
skinning
strongly criticizing
remonstrating
sailing into
mauling
backbiting
drawing the line
coming down on like a ton of bricks
swearing at
execrating
rapping on knuckles
slapping on wrist
giving a going over
pouring scorn on
taking to pieces
telling a thing or two
hitting out at
tearing apart
expressing disapproval of
stigmatising
UK
ostracising
UK
judging
ostracizing
US
animadverting on
taking apart
taking somebody to task
declaiming against
finding fault
giving some stick to
getting after
cussing out
jumping all over
taking issue with
giving one hell
meting out punishment to
reprimanding severely
having a word with
talking with
rounding on
annoying
pestering
bringing to book
branding
attasking
recompensing
exprobrating
sorting out
lampooning
feruling
skelping
spanking
moralising
UK
moralizing
US
lashing out
advising
counseling
US
adjuring
counselling
UK
rapping someone's knuckles
ridiculing
zapping
opposing
frying
ranking on
giving going-over
satirizing
US
dressing-down
speaking
raking over coals
exploding
deriding
striking
cudgeling
US
shellacking
hitting
slapping
cudgelling
UK
smothering
satirising
UK
chewing
disgracing
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
tearing to pieces
giving piece of mind
despising
gluing
US
dinging
glueing
UK
forewarning
hoisting
noticing
proscribing
criticizing harshly
disapproving of
cavilling at
lashing out at
bursting out
having words
giving somebody a piece of one's mind
giving tongue-lashing
lashing into
sounding off
giving comeuppance
laying on
giving a tongue-lashing
sitting on
jacking up
rapping across the knuckles
severely reprimanding
giving someone a telling off
tearing someone a new one
taking down
having words with
bringing to account
rejecting
nitpicking about
carping on
giving someone stick
criticizing hatefully
giving a wigging
eating out
giving someone a carpeting
pointing the finger at
calling to task
throwing brickbats at
sledging
casting a slur on
going after
erupting with anger
keeping nothing back
teaching someone a lesson
ragging on
making an example of
criticizing strongly
tearing down
picking on
deploring
taking down a peg
sending someone away with a flea in his
giving the dickens
lowering the boom
beating
picking holes in
giving flak to
flogging
thrashing
giving the devil
slighting
belittling
anathematizing
drubbing
scarifying
deflating
browbeating
getting on
giving a hard time
incriminating
animadverting
rebuffing
giving someone a bad press
having your knife in
burning one's ears
giving a bad press to
bagging on
declaiming
prosecuting
starting on
offending
giving someone a ticking-off
giving an injunction to
running something down
giving something a bad press
indicting
charging with
showing up
impeaching
picking apart
looking askance
reading out
discounting
minimizing
US
oppressing
persecuting
vilipending
trying
repressing
softening
having on the carpet
subjugating
afflicting
suppressing
assaulting
digging into
tucking into
miscalling
minimising
UK
zinging
injuring
riding
hosing
arguing with
riling
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
cutting down
blowing off
doing a number on
calling names
cutting to the quick
laying out
dragging over the coals
rapping someone the knuckles
trash-talking
dumping on
giving a black eye
calling someone names
making a protest to
crying down
tying into
beating up on
barking at
thundering against
raging against
expostulating about
remonstrating about
challenging
protesting strongly at
taking advantage of
making fun of
sentencing
putting up a fight against
opposing strongly
disagreeing violently with
fuming
inveighing
kicking up
making a fuss about
kicking against
complaining vociferously about
taking great exception to
ranting
thundering
speaking out against
kicking up a fuss about
complaining bitterly about
kicking up a stink about
kicking
vociferating
making a protest against
taking a stand against
objecting
making a stand against
raising objections to
objecting to
handicapping
docking
inflicting a penalty on
amercing
exacting a penalty from
awarding a penalty against
imposing a penalty on
imposing penalty
putting at disadvantage
mulcting
imposing a sentence on
hitting with
inflicting handicap
imprisoning
slapping with
fining
complaining about
picking to pieces
finding lacking
griping about
grousing about
moaning about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
beefing about
whingeing about
nitpicking over
bellyaching about
sounding off about
carping
framing
charging
fustigating
imprecating
inculpating
nagging at
imputing
passing strictures upon
expelling
shooting down
holding accountable
laying at one's door
taxing
skinning alive
complaining to
refuting
questioning
confronting
assaulting verbally
disagreeing with
taking disciplinary action against
piling in
starting in
clobbering
taking on
slogging
fluffing
slugging
holding someone responsible
holding someone to blame
putting on the carpet
throwing shade
cutting to bits
picking at
giving bad press
nit-picking
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
going for the jugular
biting someone's head off
dooming
swearing
sticking it to
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
expressing disapprobation of
naming
adjudging
depreciating
pronouncing
blaspheming
tearing to shreds
loathing
darning
banishing
convicting
dratting
banning
cussing
confounding
frowning on
laying at your door
criminating
presenting
bringing charges against
putting away
sending up
hating
detesting
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
pinning it on
letting have it
thinking wrong
not supporting
abominating
abhorring
casting out
complaining of
inveigling against
sending up the river
looking askance at
taking exception to
discountenancing
discommending
negating
expressing a poor opinion of
disfavouring
detracting
disesteeming
disfavoring
remonstrating against
raising an
passing on
regarding with disgust
feeling disgust for
feeling revulsion to
accursing
feeling aversion to
excepting
dissuading
arguing
reasoning
disagreeing
demurring
mistreating
scalping
getting
walloping
thumping
wallopping
murdering
misusing
hurting
battering
harming
manhandling
taking issue
saddling
executing
giving someone the works
teaching a lesson
training
slapping wrist
dropping on
giving it to someone
incarcerating
rapping knuckles
roughing up
switching
defrocking
giving a lesson to
exiling
attending to
cracking down on
blacklisting
doing in
giving a going-over
punishing severely
cuffing
debarring
dismissing
paddling
knocking about
giving the works
beating up
immuring
fingering
taking exception
expressing disagreement
holding responsible
holding liable
protesting to
pointing the finger
assigning liability to
finding guilty of
laying a bad trip on
considering guilty of
accusing of
assigning fault to
placing the blame on
assigning guilt to
pointing a finger at
passing the buck
laying a guilt trip on
laying the blame on
more ❯
“Joe tried to interject his apologies, but she continued to
scold
him before he could get a word in.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
nagging
harassing
badgering
harrying
hounding
berating
chivvying
hassling
henpecking
upbraiding
bullying
persecuting
pestering
worrying
beefing
bellyaching
bleating
carping
caterwauling
complaining
crabbing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
croaking
dogging
fussing
griping
grizzling
grouching
grousing
growling
grumbling
grumping
hollering
inveighing
keening
keeping on at
kicking
kvetching
maundering
moaning
murmuring
muttering
needling
pecking at
plaguing
repining
riding
screaming
squawking
squealing
vexing
wailing
whimpering
whining
whingeing
yammering
yauping
yawping
yowling
carping at
going on at
keeping after
baiting
distressing
disturbing
eating
egging
goading
grumbling at
harping on at
heckling
hectoring
importuning
moaning at
nudging
picking on
prodding
provoking
teasing
urging
finding fault with
keeping complaining to
moaning on at
bending someone's ear
breathing down someone's neck
finding fault
picking at
working on
giving a hard time
taking it out on
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
sounding off
tormenting
domineering
protesting
bothering
disparaging
objecting
reviling
creating
chuntering
reproaching
chirping
kicking up a fuss
keeping at
reminding
prompting
harping on
grieving
sighing
intimidating
sulking
groaning
niggling
chiding
kicking up a stink
bugging
irritating
browbeating
mithering
nattering
cribbing
objecting to
going on
sniveling
US
speaking out against
puling
snivelling
UK
picking holes in
plaining over
decrying
remonstrating
condemning
declaiming
oppressing
taunting
denouncing
railing
impugning
lashing
admonishing
lambasting
castigating
ranting
vituperating
fulminating
trashing
blasting
recriminating
vilifying
roasting
censuring
crying
annoying
storming
abusing
denigrating
raging
blaming
scorching
pushing
gripping
torturing
tyrannizing
US
hazing
afflicting
overriding
yelping
bawling
yapping
expostulating
tyrannising
UK
enslaving
tyrannizing over
dominating
laying into
ripping into
tongue-lashing
grouching about
laying out
bellyaching about
jumping down one's throat
taking exception
complaining vehemently about
going after
sounding off about
working over
beefing about
kicking up a fuss about
having at
inveighing against
kicking up a stink about
cracking down on
running down
letting have it
lamenting
bemoaning
bewailing
making a fuss
deploring
rumbling
quibbling
howling
sobbing
knocking
mumbling
mourning
nitpicking
screeching
whispering
snarling
squalling
weeping
roaring
ululating
blubbering
yelling
raising objections
opposing
demurring
shrieking
expressing disapproval
lumbering
twining
nit-picking
grunting
carrying on
sorrowing for
sighing over
grieving over
fretting
complaining about
greeting
wauling
rolling
mewling
wittering
splitting hairs
hypercriticizing
mouthing
excepting
baying
making a stand
taking a stand
arguing
disapproving
quibbling about
droning
putting up a fight
slurring
gabbling
swallowing
putting the boot in
dissenting
railing at
taking on
deprecating
disagreeing
making a complaint
lodging a complaint
taking exception to
kvetching about
ruing
rueing
raising Cain
regretting
moaning about
repenting
wailing for
expressing regret about
keening over
going on about
weeping over
expressing sorrow
wailing over
grieving for
singing the blues
crying over
gurning
pleading
bellowing
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
niggling about
pettifogging
blowing off
sniffling
dwelling on
repeating
keeping on
ragging
sorrowing about
blubbing
sorrowing
sputtering
muddling
burbling
booming
miaowing
jowling
objurgating
panning
pecking
barking
bickering
quarreling
US
quarrelling
UK
rubbishing
slandering
maligning
sniping
picking holes
kicking up a rumpus
crying loudly
crying out
badmouthing
crying softly
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
talking under your breath
making screeching
kicking up a storm
harping upon
dwelling upon
charging
bad-mouthing
pulling to pieces
taking apart
slagging off
speaking ill of
snorting
squeaking
contravening
accusing
ascribing
refuting
indicting
defying
laying
differing
imputing
gainsaying
attacking
cutting up
crying over spilled milk
weeping for
expressing sorrow about
shedding tears over
crying over spilt milk
beating one's breast
moaning over
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
showing teeth
looking askance
rampaging
making a song and dance
making a scene
protesting against
expressing objections
minding
expressing objections to
expressing disagreement
lodging a protest
arguing against
taking issue
expressing disagreement with
lodging a protest against
expressing disapproval of
raising objections to
remonstrating against
giving someone a hard time
spurning
having a problem
quarreling with
disapproving of
taking issue with
grousing about
having a problem with
grumbling about
cavilling at
drawing the line
taking a stand against
disavowing
discommending
drawing the line at
crossing
making a fuss about
challenging
baulking
UK
discountenancing
balking
US
disesteeming
ranting about
disputing
griping about
expressing sorrow for
wailing about
sorrowing over
expressing woe for
frowning on
begging to differ
railing against
raising objection
mixing it up with
making an objection
going-one-on-one
making a stink
tangling with
maffling
voicing
vocalising
UK
talking
talking to oneself
rambling
speaking sotto voce
stuttering
speaking indistinctly
garbling
babbling
intoning
verbalising
UK
speaking
stammering
uttering
vocalizing
US
saying to oneself
verbalizing
US
feeling sorry for yourself
moping
pouting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Getting onto
getting onto
boarding
logging on
reprimanding
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a quarrel or argument with someone
rowing
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
arguing
squabbling
wrangling
fighting
disputing
bickering
scrapping
brawling
altercating
spatting
quibbling
argufying
disagreeing
controverting
hassling
tiffing
brabbling
jarring
sparring
differing
fratching
berating
jawing
reaming
falling out
locking horns
crossing swords
having words
bandying words
having a row
chopping logic
having a fight
failing to agree
having a misunderstanding
tongue-lashing
bawling out
going at it hammer and tongs
calling on the carpet
Verb
▲
Present participle for rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
snubbing
slighting
cutting
humiliating
cold-shouldering
insulting
rebuffing
affronting
disdaining
scorning
stiffing
stiff-arming
ignoring
repulsing
spurning
blanking
brushing off
humbling
mortifying
shaming
misprizing
putting down
scouting
treating disrespectfully
boycotting
burring
censuring
chilling
chillin
coldshouldering
cooling
cutting dead
disregarding
ducking
freezing out
icing
neglecting
offending
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
rebuking
scratching
shunning
slurring
swanking
upstaging
knocking back
acting cool
giving someone the brush-off
giving the cold shoulder
icing out
passing up
taking no notice of
giving someone the go-by
giving the brush
giving the brushoff
looking coldly upon
looking right through
giving someone a slap in the face
putting the chill on
not giving time of day
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject
haranguing
lecturing
declaiming
berating
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
discoursing
orating
addressing
attacking
castigating
censuring
descanting
exhorting
expatiating
lambasting
mouthing off
perorating
pillorying
speaking
talking
upbraiding
earbashing
pontificating to
ranting at
sermonizing to
spouting to
accosting
admonishing
apostrophizing
buttonholing
declaiming to
holding forth to
preaching to
ranting
raving
sermonising
UK
sermonizing
US
soapboxing
spieling
spouting
stumping
delivering a tirade to
preachifying to
speechifying to
spieling to
spouting at
chewing out
giving a lecture to
sounding off to
talking to
yelling at
going on about
holding forth
getting on a soapbox
Verb
▲
Present participle for speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
ranting
blustering
spouting
fulminating
shouting
bellowing
declaiming
raving
roaring
yelling
vociferating
crying
huffing
pontificating
trumpeting
holding forth
sounding off
bloviating
clamouring
UK
clamoring
US
fuming
haranguing
mouthing
objurgating
orating
perorating
raging
railing
seething
sizzling
soapboxing
spieling
storming
stumping
delivering a tirade
going on and on
mouthing off
ranting and raving
carrying on
going on
taking on
blowing one's top
exploding
thundering
bristling
complaining
babbling
losing control
going crazy
going mad
having a fit
blowing a fuse
going bananas
hitting the roof
going wild
freaking out
foaming at the mouth
going off the deep end
talking endlessly
flying off the handle
talking wildly
running amuck
going up the wall
rattling on
losing one's cool
going spare
going into a frenzy
flipping one's wig
going crackers
exploding in anger
making a to-do
losing one's temper
flipping one's lid
going through the roof
delivering a harangue
frothing at the mouth
going ape
coming unglued
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
raging
fuming
seething
raving
storming
boiling
burning
fretting
ranting
chafing
bristling
cracking up
foaming
losing it
rankling
seeing red
sizzling
spitting
steaming
going ballistic
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