All tongue-lashing synonyms
tongue-lash·ing
T t noun tongue-lashing
- lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- chiding — to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- invective — vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
- hard times — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- earful — an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- knock-down-drag-out — marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
- jeremiad — a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.