chastise, scold, berate, lambaste, criticize, lambast, admonish, castigate, laud, excoriate, upbraid, accuse, deride, rebuked, poke fun, decry, groused, reproached, assailed, mocked, faulted, sneered, grumbled, extol, badmouth, denounce, needled, bemoan, reproved, ridiculed, carped, embarrass, browbeat, blame, pilloried, chastize, cheerlead, reprimanding, scorning, belittle, snickered, goaded, complain, scoff, applaud, kvetch, railed, lament, apologize, heckle, hectoring, inveigh, fulminate, denigrate, gloat, speechify, taunt, slighting, crucify, overcompensate, cite, endear, lecturing, irked, rile, warn, bloviate, pester, harangued, condescend, tout, tease, bellyached, revile, lionize, fraternize, sniped, gibed, disparaged, rhapsodize, moralize, griped, enamor, allude, praising, vaunt, punish, blathered, vilify, censuring, flays, kidded, cajole, opine, condemn, disinvite, acknowledge, brag, frowned, naysay, fret, shush

brush down, chasten, correct, objurgate, tell off

criticise, pick apart

bawl out, check, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof