Nearby Words
| Main Entry: |
reprove
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebuke |
| Synonyms: | admonish, bawl out, berate, castigate, censure, chew out, chide, condemn, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lay into, lecture, read the riot act, reprimand, reproach, scold, take to task, upbraid |
| Main Entry: | row |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, fight |
| Synonyms: | bawl out, berate, bicker, brawl, call on the carpet, dispute, jaw, quarrel, ream, scold, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, tongue-lash, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
| Main Entry: | snub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give someone the cold shoulder |
| Synonyms: | act cool, boycott, brush off, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, cut dead, disdain, disregard, duck, give the brush, humble, humiliate, ice out, ice*, ignore, look coldly upon, look right through, mortify, neglect, not give time of day, offend, ostracize, pass up, put down, put the chill on, rebuff, scold, scorn, scratch, shame, shun, slight, slur, snob, swank, upstage |
| Antonyms: | be friendly, include, socialize, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, rush |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, assault, beset, blow violently, bluster, breathe fire, burn up, carry on*, charge, come at, complain, drizzle, drop, fly, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, set in, sizzle, sound off, spit, squall, stalk, steam up, stomp, strike, take by storm, take on*, tear, thunder* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tell off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reprimand; criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | berate, censure, chide, give piece of one's mind, give tongue-lashing, lecture, rail, rake over the coals, rebuke, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, take to task, tick off, upbraid, vituperate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | vituperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, accuse, asperse, bark at, bawl out, berate, blame, calumniate, castigate, censure, chew out, condemn, curse, denounce, find fault, growl, insult, lambaste*, lash, malign, rail, rate, reproach, revile, rip into, run down, scold, smear, tear into, tongue-lash, traduce, upbraid, vilify, yell at |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disapprove |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, censure, chide, criticize, denounce, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold |
| Antonyms: | approve |
| Main Entry: | rag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | banter, flitter, fragment, frazzle, harass, jive, joke, josh, kid, mock, needle, patch, razz, remnant, rib, scold, scrap, shred, tatter, tease |
| Main Entry: | bawl out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | severely reprimand |
| Synonyms: | berate, castigate, chew out, dress down, have words, jump down one's throat, punish, rake over the coals, reprimand, rip into, scold, take to task, tell off, upbraid, yell at |
| Antonyms: | praise |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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