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Verb

Present participle for to reprimand or criticize (someone) severely

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

hauling over the coals

giving someone a dressing-down

railing at

giving a talking-to

rapping over the knuckles

tongue-lashing

railing against

giving someone a wigging

raking over the coals

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

pitching into

condemning

giving someone a telling-off

letting someone have it

giving someone an earful

giving someone hell

giving someone a bollocking

bollocking

tearing into

giving someone what for

pulling up

giving someone a mouthful

trimming

giving someone a rating

giving someone a caning

giving someone some stick

reviling

finding fault with

vituperating

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

pummelling^UK

slapping someone's wrist

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

jumping down one's throat

going on at

running down

calling on the carpet

taking to the woodshed

sailing into

giving a piece of one's mind

caviling^US

pulling apart

giving some stick to

checking

cavilling^UK

giving someone a bad press

calling over the coals

giving something a bad press

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

telling a thing or two

ostracising^UK

casting aspersions on

ostracizing^US

having someone on the carpet

giving tongue-lashing

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

laying out

dragging over the coals

criticizing severely

rapping someone the knuckles

passing strictures upon

reprimanding severely

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

giving the business

threaping

keeping after

jumping down someone's throat

giving a bad press to

cavilling at

throwing brickbats at

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

holding someone to blame

meting out punishment to

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

dishonoring^US

expressing disapproval of

counseling^US

coming down on like a ton of bricks

counselling^UK

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

stigmatizing^US

prosecuting

jumping on one's case

shooting down

starting on

assaulting verbally

going for the jugular

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

dragging through the mud

bringing into disrepute

speaking evil of

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

giving a black eye

trash-talking

doing a hatchet job on

giving a bad name

spreading lies about

throwing mud at

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

blackening the name of

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

giving a tongue-lashing

delivering a tirade to

reviewing unfavorably

bringing under fire

jeering at

giving something a battering

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

protesting strongly at

putting up a fight against

remonstrating about

disagreeing violently with

kicking up

making a fuss about

kicking against

complaining vociferously about

taking great exception to

speaking out against

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

taking a stand against

making a stand against

raising objections to

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