| carpet(verb, blast, reprimand, reproach, scold) |
| jump on(verb, expression, oppose, censure, condemn) |
| rail at(verb, abuse, criticize) |
| tick off(verb, expression, oppose, censure, blame) |
| call on the carpet(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| chew up |
| come down on(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, censure) |
| curse(verb, abuse, criticize, disparage, denounce) |
| have words(verb, expression, reprimand, punish, scold) |
| jaw(verb, reproach, scold) |
| jump all over(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, censure) |
| lambast |
| punish(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) |
| rate(verb, criticize, censure, discipline, reprimand) |
| underdress |
| blow sky-high(verb, abuse, criticize) |
| call names(verb, abuse, criticize) |
| chasten(verb, criticize, censure, discipline, reprimand) |
| disapprove(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, blame) |
| give a dressing-down(verb, expression, idiom) |