5
revile(verb, criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt)
4
chastise(verb, charge, criticize, scorn, censure)
4
jump all over(verb, expression, idiom, reprimand, reproach)
4
jump on(verb, expression, oppose, censure, blame)
4
rate(verb, attack, criticize, condemn, blame)
3
abuse(verb, charge, criticize, scorn, condemn)
3
accost(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
3
blow sky-high(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
brush down
3
call down(expression, censure, reprimand, reproach, rebuke)
3
call names(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
challenge(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
3
curse(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
denounce(verb, charge, attack, criticize, scorn)
3
give a gobful(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
give the brush-off(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
let into(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
rail(verb, criticize, condemn, discipline, reprimand)
3
reprehend(verb, charge, oppose, criticize, scorn)
3
speak to(expression, criticize, censure, condemn, rebuke)
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