| stigmatize(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| take exception(verb, expression, maintain, oppose, declare) |
| take to task(verb, expression, idiom, attack, turn) |
| testify(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object) |
| threaten(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| thumbs down(verb, expression, maintain, oppose, declare) |
| upbraid(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| vituperate(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| abuse |
| admonish(criticize, censure, condemn) |
| ascribe(criticize, censure, condemn) |
| assail |
| attribute(criticize, censure, condemn) |
| back talk(expression, maintain, oppose, complain) |
| blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| bluster(verb, condemn, rage, curse, reprobate) |
| call in question(expression, idiom, protest, nixing, constate) |
| climb all over(expression, idiom, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| contradict(protest, nixing, constate) |
| counter(protest, nixing, constate) |