bawl out

Verb

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bawl out - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonyms: call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, berate, rebuke, reproof, scold, reprimand, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag

berate, brush down, call down, call on the carpet, castigate, chasten, chastise, chew out, chew up, chide, correct, criticise, criticize, dress down, have words, jaw, knock, lambast, lambaste, lecture, objurgate, pick apart, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, tell off, trounce