| chicane(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| chide(verb, censure, condemn, blame, blast) |
| choplogic |
| clobber(verb, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| come down on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, censure) |
| complain(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove, pan) |
| condemn(verb, censure, blame, blast, disparage) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| denounce(verb, censure, condemn, blame, blast) |
| disapprove(verb, censure, condemn, blame, blast) |
| disparage(verb, censure, condemn, blame, blast) |
| dispute(verb, shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle) |
| dodge |
| dress down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, censure, condemn) |
| evade the issue(expression, idiom) |
| excoriate(verb, censure, condemn, blame, blast) |
| fault-find |
| flip-flop(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| get to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break) |
| give a hard time(verb, expression, idiom, upset, break) |