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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal abuse |
| Synonyms: | accusation, berating, billingsgate, blame, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, reproach, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | irony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, contempt, contrariness, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, mordancy, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, sardonicism, satire, taunt, twist, wit |
| Antonyms: | consideration, deference |
| Main Entry: | objurgate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | berate |
| Synonyms: | bawl out, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, give one hell, jump all over, rake over the coals, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, upbraid |
| Main Entry: | obloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calumny |
| Synonyms: | abuse, animadversion, aspersion, bad press, censure, criticism, defamation, disgrace, humiliation, ignominy, insult, invective, reproach, slander, vituperation |
| Main Entry: | rap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame; criticism |
| Synonyms: | admonishment, admonition, censure, chiding, flak, knock, pan, punishment, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, responsibility, sentence, swipe |
| Notes: | hip-hop is a culture and rap is a style of music that is one of the components of hip-hop; hip-hop music is not the same as rap - it is a fusion of rapping and deejaying hip-hop is rap, but not all rap is hip-hop; hip-hop has a particular beat and uses scratching and breaks/samples rap (noun) is a reproach for some lapse or misdeed - (verb) strike sharply and swiftly; a wrap (noun) is a cloak that is folded around a person - (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection to wrap is to enclose in a covering; to rap is to knock or tap on something, or create a rhythmic type of music |
| Antonyms: | approval, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | rebuke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reprimand; harsh criticism |
| Synonyms: | admonishment, admonition, affliction, bawling-out, berating, blame, castigation, censure, chewing-out, chiding, comeuppance, condemnation, correction, disapproval, dressing-down, earful, expostulation, going-over, hard time, kick in the teeth, lecture, lesson, objurgation, ostracism, punishment, put-down, rap, rating, rebuff, refusal, remonstrance, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, repulse, row, scolding, slap in the face, snub, talking-to, telling-off, tongue-lashing, upbraiding |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | rebuke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reprimand; criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | admonish, bawl out, berate, blame, call on the carpet, carp on, castigate, censure, chew out, chide, climb all over, dress down, fry, go after, jawbone, jump down one's throat, jump on, lay into, lean on, lecture, lesson, monish, oppose, pay, rake, read*, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip*, scold, sit on, sound off, take to task, tear apart, tell off, tick off, upbraid, zap |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reflection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criticism |
| Synonyms: | animadversion, aspersion, blame, censure, derogation, discredit, disesteem, imputation, obloquy, reproach, slam, slur, stricture |
| Antonyms: | praise |
| Main Entry: | reprimand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, scold |
| Synonyms: | admonish, call on the carpet, castigate, censure, check, chew out, chide, come down on, criticize, denounce, dress down, give piece of one's mind, give the dickens, lecture, lesson, light into, lower the boom, monish, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, take to task, tell off, tick off, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, forgive, reward |
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