| carp(verb, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| find fault(verb, expression, hit, censure, condemn) |
| nag(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| pester(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| strain(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| criticize(verb, censure, avoid, shift, disparage) |
| take exception(expression, pluck, parse) |
| animadvert on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| cut to bits(verb, expression, idiom, hit, censure) |
| denunciate(verb, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| do a number on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, upset) |
| fulminate against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| fustigate(verb, hit, censure, condemn, blame) |
| give bad press(verb, expression, idiom, hit, censure) |
| jump on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| nag at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| pick at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| skin alive(verb, expression, hit, censure, condemn) |
| get to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break) |
| give a hard time(verb, expression, idiom, upset, break) |