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give someone a telling-off
give someone a telling-off
synonyms
reprove
carpet
give someone a dressing-down
rebuke
tell off
reprimand
chastise
give someone a roasting
castigate
give someone a rollicking
scold
berate
give someone an earful
upbraid
give someone a rocket
admonish
chide
take to task
censure
lambaste
dress down
chew out
give someone what for
haul over the coals
tear someone off a strip
have a go at
criticize
bawl out
let someone have it
bollock
tear someone a new arsehole
rip someone a new asshole
ream out
lay into
rip someone a new arsehole
give someone a mouthful
pitch into
give someone a bollocking
lace into
tear someone a new asshole
give someone hell
reproach
give someone a piece of one's mind
reprehend
tick off
objurgate
give someone a wigging
pull up
read someone the Riot Act
rate
more synonyms
give someone a telling-off
antonyms
praise
commend
compliment
compliment
pardon
congratulate
exonerate