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108 entries under scold topic. ×
| criticize severely(verb, expression, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| criticize strongly(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| drag over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, reprimand) | |
| drub(verb, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| excoriate(verb, attack, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| flog(verb, attack, criticize, censure, discipline) | |
| give the dickens(expression, idiom, blame, reproach) | |
| harass(reprimand, reproach) | |
| have a go at(expression, idiom, criticize, blast, punish) | |
| have words(expression, reprimand, punish) | |
| land on(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| lay out(verb, expression, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| lower the boom(expression, idiom, criticize, blame, blast) | |
| pick on(expression, punish, scapegoat) | |
| pummel(verb, attack, criticize, censure, discipline) | |
| rake over coals(expression, idiom, reprimand) | |
| rap across the knuckles(expression, idiom, reprimand, punish) | |
| rap over the knuckles(expression, idiom, reprimand, punish) | |
| scapegoat | |
| scarify(verb, criticize, reprimand, rebuke) |
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