berate Synonyms

scold dress down chew up chew out chide bawl out jaw lambaste lecture call down lambast take to task rebuke remonstrate reprimand trounce slam upbraid vilify criticize vituperate excoriate call on the carpet remonstrate with rap over the knuckles haul over the coals give someone hell come down on tear into lay into tell off have words find fault with revile carpet blast bash bark backbite attask attack animadvert admonish admonishing castigate censure chasten reprove reproof reproach