6
disapproval(noun, charge, attack, scorn, censure)
6
dressing-down(noun, severe, censure, speech, talk)
6
earful(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
6
stricture(noun, attack, scorn, censure, dislike)
5
bawling out(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, censure)
5
chewing out(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, reprimand)
5
dressing down(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, scorn)
5
going-over(noun, censure, speech, talk, rebuff)
4
denunciation(noun, charge, attack, scorn, censure)
4
hell
4
invective(noun, charge, attack, abuse, censure)
4
judgment(noun, punishment, fate, doom)
4
payment(noun, punishment)
4
rating(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
4
sentence(noun, reprimand, punishment, penalty, chastisement)
4
tongue-lashing(noun, attack, fight, dispute, censure)
4
wigging(noun, disapprobation)
3
admonishment(noun, scorn, censure, rebuff, reprimand)
3
chiding(noun, charge, attack, censure, speech)
3
infliction(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
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