| call on the carpet(verb, expression, blame, denounce, reproach) |
| castigate(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, blame) |
| come down on(verb, expression, idiom, hit, blame) |
| dress down(verb, expression, censure, condemn, blame) |
| give the dickens(verb, expression, blame, denounce, reproach) |
| hit |
| impugn(verb, charge, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| lecture(verb, criticize, blame, blast, reproach) |
| lesson(verb, blame, reproach, scold, chastise) |
| light into(verb, expression, blame, denounce, reproach) |
| monish(verb, blame, denounce, reproach, scold) |
| reprimand(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, blame) |
| take to task(verb, expression, idiom, blame, blast) |
| tick off(verb, expression, blame, reproach, scold) |
| abuse(criticize, blast, flay) |
| accuse(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, blame) |
| adjudicate(criticize, censure, condemn) |
| animadvert(criticize, blast, flay) |
| arraign(criticize, censure, condemn) |
| asperse(criticize, blast, flay) |