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183 entries under verb topic. ×
| contemn(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) | |
| cow(correct, discipline, humble, humiliate) | |
| curb(correct, discipline, humble, humiliate) | |
| damn(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| declaim(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| decry(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| defame(reprimand, discredit, rebuke, accuse) | |
| denigrate(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) | |
| derogate(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| excoriate(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| expose(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| expostulate(reprimand, reproach, rate, taunt) | |
| flay(attack, criticize, blast, denounce) | |
| fry(oppose, censure, blame, pay) | |
| fulminate against(expression, correct, humble, humiliate) | |
| give a dressing-down | |
| give a talking-to(expression, idiom, reprimand, reproach) | |
| give comeuppance(expression, reprimand, discredit, reproach) | |
| give the devil(expression, idiom, reprimand, discredit) | |
| give the dickens(expression, blame, reproach, scold) |
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