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This is not the first time I have had to speak to you about your timekeeping. Synonyms check tick off (informal) dress down (informal) tell off (informal) take to task read the riot act tongue-lash slap on the wrist (informal) bawl out (informal) rap over the knuckles haul over the coals (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal) reprehend give (someone) a row (informal) send someone away with a flea in their ear (informal) Are you speaking to me? Synonyms talk to direct your words at apostrophize Additional synonymsDefinition to approach, stop, and speak to I told them that someone had accosted me in the street. Synonyms confront, challenge, address, stop, approach, oppose, halt, greet, hail, buttonholeDefinition to reprimand sternly They admonished me for taking risks with my health. Synonyms reprimand, caution, censure, rebuke, scold, berate, check, chide, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), reprove, upbraid, read the riot act to someone, carpet (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear someone off a strip (British, informal), give someone a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), slap someone on the wrist, rap someone over the knuckles, bawl out (informal) Definition to find fault with or reprimand (a person) harshly She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. Synonyms reprimand, blast, carpet (informal), flame (informal), put down, criticize, lash, slate (informal, British), censure, rebuke, scold, berate, dress down (informal), chastise, chasten, tear into (informal), diss (slang), read the riot act, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, haul over the coals (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal) Nearby words ofspeak to someone - speak ill of someone
- speak of something
- speak out or up
- speak to someone
- speaker
- speaking
- spear
Additional synonymsDefinition to criticize (someone or something) severely I would not presume to censure him for his views. Synonyms criticize, blame, abuse, condemn, carpet (informal), flame (informal), denounce, put down, slate (informal), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, berate, castigate, chide, tear into (informal), diss (slang), blast, read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, damn, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give (someone) a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend Definition to rebuke or scold He is quick to chide his staff for any mistakes or oversights. Synonyms scold, blame, lecture, carpet (informal), flame (informal), put down, criticize, slate (informal, British), censure, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, berate, tick off (informal), admonish, tear into (informal), blast, tell off (informal), find fault, diss (slang), read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), rap over the knuckles, chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give (someone) a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend, give (someone) a row (Scottish, informal), checkDefinition to scold (someone) at length He used to lecture me about getting too much sun. Synonyms tell off (informal), berate, scold, reprimand, carpet (informal), censure, castigate, chide, admonish, tear into (informal), read the riot act, reprove, bawl out (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), give someone a talking-to (informal), give someone a dressing-down (informal), give someone a telling-off (informal) Definition to scold sternly They have been seriously rebuked. Synonyms scold, censure, reprimand, reproach, blame, lecture, carpet (informal), berate, tick off (informal), castigate, chide, dress down (informal), admonish, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), take to task, read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, bawl out (informal), haul (someone) over the coals (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend, chew (someone's) ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang) Definition to express disapproval (of someone's actions) She is quick to reproach anyone. Synonyms blame, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, abuse, blast, condemn, carpet (informal), flame (informal), discredit, censure (formal), have a go at (informal), scold, disparage, chide, tear into (informal), diss (slang), defame, find fault with, take to task, read the riot act to, reprove (old-fashioned), upbraid (archaic), lambast(e), bawl out (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend Definition to speak severely to (someone) about a fault Women were reproved if they did not wear hats. Synonyms rebuke, censure, reprimand, scold, check, blame, abuse, condemn, carpet (informal), berate, tick off (informal), chide, admonish, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), take to task, read the riot act, upbraid, bawl out (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend Definition to find fault with or rebuke (a person) harshly If he finds out, he'll scold me. Synonyms reprimand, censure, rebuke, rate, blame, lecture, carpet (informal), slate (informal, British), nag, go on at, reproach, berate, tick off (informal), castigate, chide, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), find fault with, remonstrate with, bring (someone) to book, take (someone) to task, read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, bawl out (informal), give (someone) a talking-to (informal), haul (someone) over the coals (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), give (someone) a dressing-down (informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), vituperate, give (someone) a row, have (someone) on the carpet (informal) Definition to scold or reproach Eleanor upbraided him for things he'd left undone. Synonyms scold, rebuke, reprimand, blame, condemn, lecture, carpet (informal), censure, reproach, berate, castigate, chide, admonish, tear into (informal), read someone the riot act, tell someone off (informal), reprove, take someone to task, tick someone off (informal), excoriate, chew someone out (US, Canadian, informal), bawl someone out (informal), dress someone down (informal), tear someone off a strip (British, informal), give someone a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), slap someone on the wrist, rap someone over the knuckles |