Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

admonish v
admonition n
berate v
bollocking n
carpet v (CRITICIZE)
castigate v
chasten v
chastise v
chide v
crucify v
dressing-down n
earbashing n
keelhaul v
lambaste v
lecture v
rap v (HIT)
rebuke v
reprimand v
reproach v
reproach n
reproachful adj
reproof n
reprove v
roast v (CRITICIZE)
roasting n
rollicking n
scold v
talking-to n
ticking off n
tirade n
tongue-lashing n
upbraid v
admonishment, at admonition n
lambast, at lambaste v
give sb an earful
give sb grief
speak to sb
take sb to task
a boot/kick up the/your backside idiom
bring sb to book idiom
be on the carpet idiom
haul/drag sb over the coals idiom
come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
be in sb's face idiom
flay sb alive idiom
send sb away with a flea in their ear idiom
give sb what for idiom
there'll be hell to pay idiom
jump down sb's throat idiom
get it in the neck idiom
put sb in their place idiom
take/get a pounding idiom
rap sb over the knuckles idiom
read (sb) the riot act idiom
be a reproach to sb/sth idiom
give sb a rocket idiom
sb should be shot idiom
skin sb alive idiom
tear a strip off sb idiom
throw sth back in sb's face idiom
throw the book at sb idiom
tear sb off a strip, at tear a strip off sb idiom

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