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Verb

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have words - 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, bawl out, berate, rebuke, reproof, scold, reprimand, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag

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