All bawl out synonyms

verb bawl out

• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
• punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
• rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• rip into — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
• take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.