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121upbraid — Synonyms and related words: admonish, bawl out, berate, bring to book, call to account, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, correct, dress down, give a dressing down, have words with, lash, lecture, objurgate, rate, rebuke, reprehend,… …
122punish — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discipline, correct, chastise, chasten, castigate, penalize, sentence, train, reprove, scold, lecture, fine, incarcerate, imprison, immure, expel, execute, exile, behead, hang, electrocute, dismiss, disbar, disbench,… …
123berate — verb she berates him so often, he barely hears the words anymore Syn: scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, chide, criticize, upbraid, take to task, read someone the riot act, haul over the coals; castigate; informal tell off,… …
124lecture — n 1. speech, talk, address, discourse, prelection, sermon, homily; commentary, comment, descant, exposition, expose, elucidation, explanation, exegesis, explication; dissertation, treatise, tract, tractate, thesis, essay, paper; oration,… …
125rebuke — v 1. reprove, reproach, reprehend, reprimand, remonstrate with; chide, Inf. take to task, find fault with; scold, lecture, censure, call down, Inf. call on the carpet, Inf. dress down, Inf. bawl out, ex probate, objurgate; admonish, give a piece… …
126reprimand — n 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking to, lecture,… …
127rebuke — [n] reprimand; harsh criticism admonishment, admonition, affliction, bawling out*, berating, blame, castigation, censure, chewingout*, chiding, comeuppance, condemnation, correction, disapproval, dressing down*, earful*, expostulation, going… …
128reprimand — [n] oral punishment admonishment, admonition, bawling out*, blame, calling down*, castigation, censure, chiding, comeuppance, dressing down*, going over*, grooming, hard time*, lecture, piece of one’s mind*, ragging*, rap*, rebuke, reprehension,… …
