5
carpet(verb, reprimand, scold)
5
decry(verb, attack, sound, criticize, censure)
5
deprecate(verb, charge, attack, criticize, scorn)
5
give a dressing-down(verb, expression, idiom)
5
put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, sound)
5
rail at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, criticize, reprimand)
5
taunt(verb, provoke, mock, reprimand, tease)
4
bring to book(verb, expression, idiom)
4
call down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
4
damn(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn)
4
defame(verb, sound, insult, offend, reprimand)
4
excoriate(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn)
4
jaw(verb, abuse, criticize, protest, reprimand)
4
scorn(verb, criticize, provoke, condemn, fault)
4
wig
3
assail(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand)
3
backbite(verb, charge, sound, criticize, scorn)
3
call
3
deride(verb, attack, criticize, provoke, mock)
3
disapprove(verb, charge, attack, criticize, scorn)
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