“The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup”
- Synonyms:
- bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce
- Types:
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castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate
censure severely
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brush down, tell off
reprimand
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flame
criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
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criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
