tongue-lash

Strongest matches

• castigate
• chide
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• revile
• scold
• upbraid

Strong matches

• blister
• censure
• chew
• jaw
• rate
• reprove
• scorch
• vituperate

Weak matches

• bawl out
• call down
• chew out
• cuss out
• eat out
• give one hell
• give what for
• jump all over
• rail at
• rake over the coals
• tell off

Weak matches

• call on the carpet
• read the riot act
• take to task

Strongest matches

• berate
• censure
• chastise
• criticize
• excoriate
• flog
• lambaste
• lash
• penalize
• pummel
• punish
• rebuke
• reprimand
• scold
• upbraid

Strong matches

• baste
• beat
• blister
• cane
• chasten
• correct
• discipline
• drub
• flay
• rail
• rate
• ream
• scarify
• scorch
• scourge
• thrash
• whip

Weak matches

• bawl out
• chew out
• come down on
• drag over the coals
• dress down
• jump down one's throat
• lay out
• lean on
• read the riot act
• scathe

Strongest match

• penalize

Strong matches

• abase
• admonish
• afflict
• berate
• castigate
• chastise
• chide
• cow
• curb
• discipline
• humble
• objurgate
• punish
• rebuke
• reprehend
• repress
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprove
• restrain
• scold
• scourge
• soften
• subdue
• tame
• try
• upbraid

Weak matches

• call down
• exprobate
• fulminate against
• have on the carpet
• rake over the coals
• take to task

Weak matches

• bawl out
• carpet
• criticize
• dress down
• jaw
• revile
• tell off
• vituperate
• wig
• yell at

Weak matches

• bawl out
• berate
• carpet
• castigate
• censure
• chew out
• lash
• rail
• rake over coals
• ream
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reprove
• tear into
• tell off
• upbraid

Strong matches

• admonish
• berate
• blast
• castigate
• censure
• condemn
• except
• expostulate
• kick
• lambaste
• object
• protest
• rail
• recriminate
• remonstrate
• reproach
• roast
• scold
• scorch
• trash
• upbraid
• vituperate

Weak matches

• crack down on
• go after
• have at
• jump down one's throat
• lay into
• lay out
• let have it
• read out
• rip into
• sound off
• work over

Strong matches

• abuse
• baste
• berate
• blame
• censure
• rail
• rate
• revile
• scold
• upbraid
• vituperate

Weak match

• call on the carpet

Strongest matches

• berate
• castigate
• scold

Strong matches

• abuse
• attack
• baste
• belabor
• blister
• censure
• flay
• fulminate
• jaw
• lambaste
• lampoon
• ridicule
• satirize
• upbraid

Weak matches

• bawl out
• chew out
• exprobate
• tear into
• tell off

Strongest matches

• castigate
• complain
• fume
• inveigh
• rant
• scold
• thunder

Strong matches

• abuse
• attack
• berate
• blast
• censure
• fulminate
• jaw
• rate
• revile
• upbraid
• vituperate
• vociferate
• whip

Weak matches

• bawl out
• chew out
• objurate

Weak matches

• abuse
• admonish
• assail
• berate
• blame
• castigate
• censure
• chide
• criticize
• denigrate
• denounce
• disparage
• give a talking-to
• lambaste
• lay down the law
• lecture
• rake over the coals
• ream
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprobate
• reprove
• scorn
• vilify
• vituperate

Strongest matches

• berate
• castigate
• chide
• criticize
• denounce
• disparage
• scorn
• vilify

Strong matches

• abuse
• admonish
• blame
• censure
• denigrate
• lambaste
• lecture
• ream
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprobate
• reprove
• vituperate

Weak matches

• give a talking-to
• lay down the law
• rake over the coals

Strong matches

• berate
• bicker
• brawl
• dispute
• jaw
• quarrel
• ream
• scold
• scrap
• spat
• squabble
• tiff
• wrangle

Weak matches

• bawl out
• call on the carpet

Strong matches

• abuse
• accuse
• asperse
• berate
• blame
• calumniate
• castigate
• censure
• condemn
• curse
• denounce
• growl
• insult
• lambaste
• lash
• malign
• rail
• rate
• reproach
• revile
• scold
• smear
• traduce
• upbraid
• vilify

Weak matches

• bark at
• bawl out
• chew out
• find fault
• rip into
• run down
• tear into
• yell at