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80 entries under criticize topic. ×
| tell off(verb, expression, attack, reprimand) | |
| thrash(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| tongue-lash(verb, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| trim(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| upbraid(verb, beat, attack, censure) | |
| wallop(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| whip(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| accuse | |
| admonish(verb, condemn, rebuke, accuse) | |
| chide(verb, condemn, rebuke, accuse) | |
| condemn(verb, attack, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| deride(verb, attack, reprimand, castigate) | |
| haul over the coals(expression, idiom, reprimand, accuse) | |
| have your knife in(verb, expression, idiom, attack) | |
| lay into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack) | |
| lecture(verb, condemn, rebuke, accuse) | |
| reproach(verb, condemn, rebuke, accuse) | |
| slate(verb, attack, reprimand, castigate) | |
| take to task(verb, expression, idiom, condemn) | |
| tick off(expression, rebuke, accuse) |
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