bawl out
• reprimand someone angrily.
• "he could make actors burst into tears when he bawled them out for some trivial error"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
scold,
admonish,
reprove,
upbraid,
chastise,
chide,
censure,
castigate,
lambast,
berate,
lecture,
criticize,
take to task,
read the Riot Act to,
give a piece of one's mind to,
haul over the coals,
tell off,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
blow up at,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
have a go at,
carpet,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
let someone have it,
chew out,
ream out,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
