UPBRAID

v. scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, berate, castigate, chastise, reprove, chide, censure, take to task, Colloq tell off, tick off, dress down, give a dressing-down, give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind, tell (someone) a thing or two, rake (someone) over the coals, jump on or all over, bawl out, US chew out The boys were soundly upbraided for going near the railway tracks