| blast(verb, charge, attack, dispute, censure) |
| defame(verb, oppose, abuse, dislike, condemn) |
| dress down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, abuse) |
| pick apart(verb, expression, phrasal verb, charge, scorn) |
| tell off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, charge, attack) |
| admonish(verb, charge, abuse, scorn, censure) |
| assess(verb, check, consider, determine, draw) |
| complain(verb, oppose, censure, dislike, challenge) |
| discredit(verb, charge, diminish, lower, scorn) |
| fault(verb, praise, scorn, condemn, find) |
| impugn(verb, charge, attack, dispute, scorn) |
| minimize(verb, decline, reject, scorn, condemn) |
| punish(verb, attack, abuse, censure, condemn) |
| rap(verb, charge, attack, praise, abuse) |
| revile(verb, cut, attack, remove, abuse) |
| slate(verb, attack, timing, scorn, censure) |
| take to task(verb, expression, idiom, charge, attack) |
| appraise(verb, study, check, consider, determine) |
| carp at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, charge, scorn) |
| chew out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, censure, blame) |