| declaim(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| decry(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| defame(verb, reprimand, discredit, rebuke, accuse) |
| denigrate(verb, charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) |
| derogate(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| excoriate(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| expose(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| expostulate(verb, reprimand, reproach, rate, taunt) |
| fasten on |
| fasten upon |
| flay(verb, attack, criticize, blast, denounce) |
| fry(verb, oppose, censure, blame, pay) |
| fulminate against(verb, expression, correct, humble, humiliate) |
| get after(expression, charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) |
| give a dressing-down |
| give a talking-to(verb, expression, idiom, reprimand, reproach) |
| give comeuppance(verb, expression, reprimand, discredit, reproach) |
| give the devil(verb, expression, idiom, reprimand, discredit) |
| give the dickens(verb, expression, blame, reproach, scold) |
| go after(verb, expression, oppose, censure, pay) |