lecture Synonyms

scold rebuke talk chide reprimand lambast take to task sermon dress down homily speech chew up chew out discourse bawl out call down lambaste talking to scolding berate lecturing remonstrate lesson trounce address censure speechify tractate speke tirade sound off spout teach talking teaching tractation speak recitation remonstration reprehend reprehension reproach reprobation reproof reprove rhetoric salutatory screed sermonize moralism