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101 entries under criticize topic. ×
| tongue-lash(verb, correct, abuse, scorn) | |
| trim(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| vilify(attack, abuse, scorn, score) | |
| vituperate(abuse, scorn, insult, reprimand) | |
| wallop(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| whip(verb, beat, attack, reprimand) | |
| baste(verb, reprimand, rebuke, scold) | |
| cane(verb, reprimand, rebuke, scold) | |
| come down on(verb, expression, idiom, reprimand) | |
| condemn(verb, attack, abuse, scorn) | |
| criticize severely(verb, expression, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| deride(verb, attack, reprimand, castigate) | |
| drag over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, reprimand) | |
| give a piece of one's mind | |
| harangue | |
| have your knife in(verb, expression, idiom, attack) | |
| lay into(verb, expression, attack, reprimand) | |
| lay out(verb, expression, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| lean on(verb, expression, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| shout at(expression, rebuke, harangue) |
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