Synonyms and related words :
admonish, admonishment, admonition, aspersion, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bawl out, bend sinister, berate, bespatter, black eye, black mark, blacken, blot, blow upon, blur, brand, bring to book, broad arrow, call down, call to account, carpet, castigate, castigation, censure, champain, chastise, chastisement, chew out, chide, chiding, correct, correction, criticism, criticize, defame, defile, disapproval, disapprove, disparage, disparagement, dress down, dressing-down, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, give a dressing-down, hang in effigy, have words with, imputation, lecture, lesson, mark of Cain, objurgate, objurgation, onus, pillory, pillorying, point champain, rap, rate, rating, rebuke, reflection, remonstrance, remonstration, reprehend, reprehension, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, reprove, scold, scolding, sermon, set down, set straight, skin alive, slate, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spank, spanking, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, straighten out, sully, taint, take down, take to task, talking-to, tarnish, tell off, tick off, tongue-lashing, upbraid, upbraiding, vilify, wig