All objurgate synonyms

verb objurgate

• 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.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• 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.