| take aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, approach, feel) |
| tell off(verb, expression, censure, condemn, rebuke) |
| upbraid(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, rebuke) |
| admonish(verb, criticize, condemn, blame, caution) |
| apply to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, approach, feel) |
| beseech(verb, feel, suggestion, address, waylay) |
| bespeak |
| blame(verb, criticize, condemn, reprimand, reproach) |
| call to |
| castigate(verb, criticize, condemn, blame, reprimand) |
| censure(verb, criticize, condemn, blame, rebuke) |
| chew out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, criticize, reprimand) |
| chide(verb, criticize, censure, caution, reproach) |
| come down hard on(verb, expression, idiom, censure, rebuke) |
| come down on(expression, idiom) |
| condemn(verb, criticize, blame, reprimand, reproach) |
| confer(verb, go, check, run, see) |
| consult(verb, check, see, talk, question) |
| counsel(verb, censure, advise, caution, rebuke) |
| criticize(verb, condemn, reprimand, reproach, scold) |