reprimand
noun
[ ˈrɛprɪmɑːnd ]
• a formal expression of disapproval.
• "the golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules"
Similar:
rebuke,
reproof,
admonishment,
admonition,
reproach,
reproval,
scolding,
remonstration,
upbraiding,
castigation,
lambasting,
lecture,
criticism,
censure,
telling-off,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap on the wrist,
flea in one's ear,
dressing-down,
earful,
roasting,
tongue-lashing,
bawling-out,
caning,
blast,
ticking off,
carpeting,
wigging,
rollicking,
rocket,
row,
serve,
rating,
bollocking,
reprimand
verb
• address a reprimand to.
• "officials were reprimanded for poor work"
Similar:
rebuke,
admonish,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
reprove,
reproach,
scold,
remonstrate with,
berate,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
lecture,
criticize,
censure,
haul over the coals,
tell off,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
let someone have it,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
give someone a caning,
put on the mat,
slap down,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
tick off,
have a go at,
carpet,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
give someone some stick,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
monster,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French réprimande, via Spanish from Latin reprimenda, ‘things to be held in check’, neuter plural gerundive of reprimere (see repress).
