| kick(verb, oppose, protest, complain, curse) |
| nibble at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, disapprobation) |
| pick to pieces(verb, expression, idiom, support, raise) |
| skin alive(expression, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| affront(verb, trouble, bother, worry, fuss) |
| animadvert on(expression, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| beef(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest) |
| bemoan(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest) |
| bullyrag |
| carp at(expression, vet, pluck, parse) |
| catch at straws(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| condemn(verb, oppose, criticize, censure, blame) |
| crab(verb, criticize, protest, complain, moan) |
| cut to bits(expression, idiom, hit, censure, condemn) |
| denounce(verb, oppose, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| denunciate(verb, hit, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| fret(verb, trouble, worry, oppose, criticize) |
| fulminate against(expression, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| fustigate(verb, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| give bad press(expression, idiom, hit, censure, condemn) |