REPROVE

v. 25B6; verb REPRIMAND, rebuke, reproach, scold, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, berate, take to task, haul over the coals, criticize, censure; informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, give someone a talking-to, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, rap over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist; Brit. informal tick off, carpet, tear off a strip, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking; formal castigate; dated give someone a rating; rare reprehend, objurgate.