objurgation

• accusation
• admonishment
• admonition
• affliction
• animadversion
• arraignment
• attack
• attribution
• bawling-out
• belittlement
• berating
• blame
• business
• castigation
• censure
• charge
• chastisement
• chewing-out
• chiding
• comeuppance
• commination
• complaint
• condemnation
• correction
• criticism
• damnation
• denunciation
• deprecation
• depreciation
• devil
• diatribe
• disapprobation
• disapproval
• disfavor
• disparagement
• dressing-down
• earful
• excoriation
• expostulation
• exprobation
• going-over
• hard time
• impeachment
• implication
• imputation
• incrimination
• inculpation
• indictment
• invective
• kick in the teeth
• lash
• lecture
• lesson
• obloquy
• opposition
• ostracism
• pan
• punishment
• put down
• rap
• rating
• rebuff
• rebuke
• recrimination
• refusal
• remonstrance
• reprehension
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprobation
• reproof
• reproval
• repudiation
• repulse
• riot act
• row
• scolding
• slap in the face
• slur
• snub
• stricture
• talking-to
• telling-off
• tirade
• tongue-lashing
• upbraiding

• absolution
• acclamation
• acquittal
• applause
• approval
• blessing
• citation
• commendation
• compliment
• encomium
• encouragement
• endorsement
• eulogy
• exaltation
• exculpation
• exoneration
• flattery
• freeing
• harmony
• health
• honor
• indorsement
• panegyric
• peace
• praise
• ratification
• recommendation
• retreat
• sanction
• thanks
• tribute

• The team meeting ended with a stern objurgation from the manager regarding the recent drop in performance.
• The teacher's objurgation resonated in the quiet classroom as students realized the seriousness of the situation.
• During the court session, the judge delivered a sharp objurgation to the unruly defendant.
• The coach's passionate objurgation motivated the players to improve their teamwork on the field.
• The company's CEO issued a public objurgation in response to allegations of unethical practices, promising a thorough investigation.

earful

• account
• admonishment
• admonition
• adumbration
• advice
• affliction
• ammo
• announcement
• apocalypse
• argument
• avalanche
• babble
• back-fence talk
• barrage
• bawling-out
• berating
• betrayal
• blame
• blather
• blether
• blitz
• blitzkrieg
• blow-by-blow
• bombardment
• break
• breeze
• broadcasting
• broadside
• bruit
• bulletin
• burst
• buzz
• calumny
• canard
• cannonade
• cannonball
• castigation
• cataclysm
• cataract
• censure
• chapter and verse
• chat
• chatter
• chewing-out
• chiding
• chitchat
• chronicle
• clothesline
• clue
• colloquy
• comeuppance
• comment
• communication
• conclave
• condemnation
• confabulation
• conference
• confidence
• consultation
• conversation
• correction
• counsel
• cry
• cue
• current
• data
• defamation
• deliberation
• deluge
• dialogue
• directive
• dirt
• dirty laundry
• dirty linen
• dirty wash
• disapproval
• discharge
• discovery
• dispatch
• display
• divination
• divulgement
• dope
• dossier
• dressing-down
• drumbeat
• drumfire
• encounter
• engulfment
• enlightenment
• epiphany
• epistle
• erudition
• excess
• exhibition
• exposition
• expostulation
• exposure
• eye-opener
• eyeball-to-eyeball
• fabrication
• falsehood
• fame
• fiction
• flash
• flood
• flood tide
• flurry
• flush
• foreshadowing
• fusillade
• glut
• going-over
• gossip
• gossipry
• grapevine
• gush
• hail
• hard time
• hash
• hearsay
• hoax
• huddle
• idle talk
• illumination
• info
• information
• injury
• innuendo
• inside story
• inspiration
• instruction
• intelligence
• interlocution
• interview
• intimation
• inundation
• invention
• kick in the teeth
• knowledge
• leak
• learning
• lecture
• lesson
• letter
• lie
• lightning bolt
• lore
• lowdown
• malicious talk
• manifestation
• material
• meddling
• meeting
• memo
• memorandum
• message
• missive
• murmur
• negotiation
• network
• news
• note
• notice
• notification
• notoriety
• objurgation
• oracle
• orientation
• ostracism
• outburst
• outflow
• outpouring
• overabundance
• overage
• overflow
• overkill
• overmuch
• oversupply
• palaver
• paper
• parlance
• parley
• prate
• prating
• prattle
• proclamation
• propaganda
• prophecy
• publication
• punishment
• put down
• rap
• rash
• rating
• rebuff
• refusal
• remonstrance
• report
• reprehension
• reproach
• reproof
• reproval
• repulse
• repute
• river
• row
• rumble
• rumor
• salvo
• scandal
• science
• scolding
• scoop
• score
• scuttlebutt
• seminar
• shower
• showing
• sign
• slander
• slap in the face
• small talk
• snub
• spate
• speech
• spiel
• storm
• story
• straight talk
• stream
• suggestion
• superabundance
• superfluity
• supposition
• surfeit
• surge
• surplus
• symposium
• tale
• talk
• talking-to
• tattle
• telling-off
• the latest
• tide
• tidings
• tip
• tittle-tattle
• tongue-lashing
• torrent
• uncovering
• unearthing
• unveiling
• upbraiding
• ventilation
• vision
• visit
• volley
• whisper
• whispering
• whispering campaign
• whole story
• wire
• wisdom
• word

impeachment

• accusation
• action
• allegation
• animadversion
• argument
• arraignment
• assumpsit
• attack
• attribution
• beef
• bill
• bill of indictment
• blame
• blast
• bum rap
• case
• castigation
• cause
• censure
• charge
• chiding
• citation
• claim
• complaint
• condemnation
• contest
• count
• counteraccusation
• countercharge
• counterclaim
• court action
• court martial
• crimination
• criticism
• cross-examination
• degradation
• denouncement
• denunciation
• depreciation
• detention
• diatribe
• dido
• disapprobation
• disapproval
• discharge
• disfavor
• dismissal
• disparagement
• displacement
• dispute
• ejection
• expostulation
• exprobation
• findings
• gripe
• habeas corpus
• hearing
• implication
• imputation
• incrimination
• inculpation
• indictment
• insinuation
• invective
• justifiable charge
• lawsuit
• litigation
• objurgation
• obloquy
• opposition
• overthrow
• plea
• presentment
• proceedings
• prosecution
• rap
• rebuke
• recrimination
• remonstrance
• removal
• replevin
• reprehension
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprobation
• reproof
• repudiation
• roar
• rumble
• seizure
• slur
• squawk
• statement
• stink
• suit
• summons
• tirade
• trial
• tribunal
• unfrocking
• warrant
• writ

rebuke

• abuse
• admonish
• admonishment
• admonition
• affliction
• assail
• attack
• bad-mouth
• baste
• bawl out
• bawling-out
• belittle
• belittlement
• berate
• berating
• blame
• blast
• bring to account
• business
• call down
• call on the carpet
• call to account
• carp on
• castigate
• castigation
• censure
• chastise
• chastisement
• chew out
• chewing-out
• chide
• chiding
• climb all over
• comeuppance
• commination
• condemn
• condemnation
• correction
• criticism
• criticize
• crucify
• cut up
• damnation
• denounce
• denunciation
• deprecate
• deprecation
• depreciate
• depreciation
• deride
• devil
• dis
• disapproval
• disparage
• disparagement
• diss
• dress down
• dressing-down
• earful
• excoriate
• excoriation
• expostulation
• fault
• flay
• fry
• get after
• get on
• gibbet
• give a talking-to
• go after
• going-over
• hammer
• harangue
• hard time
• jaw
• jawbone
• jump on
• keelhaul
• kick in the teeth
• knock
• lambast
• lambaste
• lash
• lay into
• lean on
• lecture
• lesson
• minimize
• mock
• monish
• objurgate
• objurgation
• oppose
• ostracism
• pan
• pay
• punish
• punishment
• put down
• rag
• rake
• rap
• rate
• rating
• read
• rebuff
• refusal
• remonstrance
• reprehend
• reprehension
• reprimand
• reproach
• reproof
• reproval
• reprove
• repulse
• revile
• ridicule
• riot act
• rip
• row
• scoff
• scold
• scolding
• score
• scorn
• scourge
• sit on
• slam
• slap in the face
• snub
• sound off
• stricture
• take to task
• talking-to
• tear apart
• tell off
• telling-off
• tick off
• tongue-lash
• tongue-lashing
• upbraid
• upbraiding
• vituperate
• zap

talking-to

• accosting
• addressing
• admonishment
• admonition
• bawling-out
• belittlement
• berating
• blame
• boarding
• business
• calling down
• castigation
• censure
• chastisement
• chewing-out
• chiding
• collaring
• commination
• condemnation
• criticism
• damnation
• denunciation
• deprecation
• depreciation
• devil
• diatribe
• disparagement
• dressing down
• dressing-down
• engaging in conversation
• excoriation
• going-over
• greeting
• grooming
• hailing
• harangue
• hard time
• heralding
• informing
• lash
• lecture
• lesson
• moralism
• notifying
• objurgation
• pan
• preaching
• preachment
• punishment
• ragging
• rap
• rating
• rebuke
• remonstrance
• reprehension
• reprimand
• reproach
• reproof
• reproval
• riot act
• scolding
• sermon
• slap on wrist
• stricture
• telling
• telling-off
• tongue-lashing
• upbraiding
• what for

talking-tos

• admonishments
• admonitions
• belittlements
• businesses
• castigations
• censures
• chastisements
• comminations
• condemnations
• criticisms
• damnations
• denunciations
• deprecations
• depreciations
• devils
• disparagements
• dressing-downs
• excoriations
• lashes
• lectures
• lessons
• objurgations
• pans
• punishments
• raps
• rebukes
• remonstrances
• reprimands
• reproaches
• reproofs
• riot acts
• scoldings
• strictures
• tongue-lashings

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