Blame, reproof; slander. In later use: grumbling, complaining.

Reproof, rebuke.

rebuking, snubbing.

The action of rebuking, reprimanding, or checking sharply.

The action of reprove, v.1 (in various senses); reproof. Also: an instance of this.

The action of reproving or rebuking; a reproof, rebuke.

The correcting (of a person) for faults of character or conduct; reprehension, rebuke, reproof. Obsolete.

The action of exhorting, urging, warning, or advising a person. Now more usually: the action of rebuking or reprimanding a person. Also: a…

Censure, rebuke, reprehension.

transferred. Correction. Obsolete. rare.

Reprehension, reproof. Obsolete.

The action of reprehending a person or thing; reproof, censure.

Reproof, rebuke. Obsolete.

A reproof, a reprimand.

An act of admonishing; an instruction, exhortation, or warning; a rebuke, a reprimand; spec. an ecclesiastical censure given prior to excommunication.

reproving.

Rebuke, reproach; repulse. Also: an instance of this; a rebuke, a rebuttal.

Reproof or rebuke of a person, an action, etc. Obsolete.

The act of reproving, reproof; an instance of this.

Chiding, reproof, rebuke: with plural a reproof or rebuke.

Perhaps: reproof; utterance of angry disapproval or rejection.

(without plural) Reproof, censure, rebuke. Obsolete.

Reproof, rebuke, censure.

The action of checking, repressing, or rebuking, esp. by means of a snub.

Reproof, rebuke. (Cf. threap, v. 1) Obsolete. rare.

Reproach, reprimand, reproof; a calling to account. Obsolete. rare.

Reproof, rebuke; an instance of this.

The action of reprimand, v.; an instance of this.

A scolding, severe talking to.

The action of lecture, v.

See carpet, v. 4.

also (in sense additions) as n.

The action of punishing or reprimanding a person; punishment; an instance of this. Cf. woodshed, n. 2a woodshed, v. 3.

A long thin piece of wood held or carried by a person. British colloquial. Criticism, censure; (also) good-natured teasing or mockery. Frequently in…