tongue-lash
Verbally tear apart
To tongue-lash is to scold or berate someone harshly and at length.
The image is of the tongue as a whip: The coach tongue-lashed the team after their sloppy performance.
The noun tongue-lashing is more common than the verb: She gave him a real tongue-lashing for coming home late.
Rebuke harshly
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- chastiseReprimand severely for wrongdoing
- admonishReprove with counsel
upbraid · castigate · reproach · chide · lambaste · harangue · lecture · dress down
scold
Rebuke harshly
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- chastiseReprimand severely for wrongdoing
admonish · upbraid · castigate · reproach · chide · lambaste · harangue · lecture · dress down · tell off
tirade
Extended angry speech
wrath · anger · vitriol · venom · attack · assault · barrage · onslaught · volley · torrent
boss
Workplace superior
supervisor · coach · disciplinarian · superior · elder · commander · foreman · manager · principal · drill instructor
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- scoldingscold, scolding, rebuke, berate, reprimand