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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

Merriam Webster's

phrasal to call to account for a shortcoming ; criticize

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Reprove, reprimand, chide, take to do, call to account, rebuke.

Moby Thesaurus

accuse, admonish, allege, arraign, article, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, charge, chasten, chastise, chide, cite, complain, correct, deal with, denounce, denunciate, discipline, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, hang something on, have words with, impeach, imply, impute, indict, inflict upon, inform against, inform on, insinuate, lay charges, lecture, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, masthead, objurgate, penalize, pillory, pin on, prefer charges, press charges, punish, put on report, rate, rebuke, report, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, set down, set straight, settle with, spank, square accounts, straighten out, take down, task, taunt with, tax, twit, upbraid, visit upon