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give someone an earful
give someone an earful
synonyms
reprove
upbraid
rebuke
give someone a rocket
chastise
castigate
give someone a telling-off
give someone a dressing-down
berate
give someone a rollicking
give someone a roasting
carpet
reprimand
tell off
lambaste
scold
take to task
chide
dress down
censure
admonish
give someone what for
tear someone off a strip
haul over the coals
have a go at
chew out
bawl out
criticize
let someone have it
bollock
ream out
lay into
pitch into
lace into
tear someone a new asshole
tear someone a new arsehole
rip someone a new asshole
rip someone a new arsehole
give someone a mouthful
give someone a bollocking
reproach
give someone hell
reprehend
tick off
give someone a piece of one's mind
slap someone's wrist
read someone the Riot Act
pull up
monster
trim
give someone an earful
definitions
verb
To scold someone loudly.