| pick holes in(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, criticize) |
| pick to pieces(expression, idiom) |
| pooh pooh(verb, expression, disparage, knock, malign) |
| protest(verb, oppose, criticize, dislike, condemn) |
| provoke(verb, bother, annoy, irritate, harass) |
| quarrel(verb, disagree, squabble, altercate, controversialize) |
| rain(verb, oppose, fight, censure, challenge) |
| rate(verb, abuse, criticize, condemn, blame) |
| rebuke(verb, criticize, condemn, blame, reprimand) |
| recriminate(verb, oppose, fight, censure, challenge) |
| refute(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest) |
| remonstrate(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest) |
| repine(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest) |
| revile(verb, abuse, condemn, blame, insult) |
| rip into(verb, expression, abuse, condemn, blame) |
| row(verb, argue, disagree, tangle, differ) |
| run down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, oppose) |
| scold(verb, oppose, abuse, criticize, censure) |
| scrap(verb, argue, disagree, tangle, differ) |
| set to(verb, expression, argue, disagree, tangle) |