v. 25B6; verb SCOLD, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, chide, criticize, upbraid, take to task, pull up, read someone the Riot Act, haul over the coals; informal tell off, give someone a talking-to, give someone a telling-off, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a roasting, rap over the knuckles, send someone away with a flea in their ear, bawl out, come down on, tear into, put on the mat, slap down, blast; Brit. informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, tear someone off a strip; Brit. informal, dated give someone a wigging; N. Amer. informal chew out, ream out, take to the woodshed; Austral. informal monster; formal castigate; dated call down, rate; rare reprehend, objurgate.
praise.