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upbraiding

noun as in admonition

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noun as in dressing-down

noun as in tongue-lashing

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That sort of upbraiding from a judge before trial has even begun should chill any trial lawyer to the bone.

“Some of those folks deserved an upbraiding,” said Dr. Gillespie, 44, the Emory professor.

His critics say he’s made a career of upbraiding Black people to white audiences.

Another video shows Matsumoto upbraiding a man in a white van.

But state regulators are now upbraiding PG&E; for failing to focus on trimming trees around the power lines most likely to start devastating wildfires.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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