reprove
verb
[ rɪˈpruːv ]
• reprimand (someone).
• "he was reproved for obscenity"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
reproach,
scold,
admonish,
remonstrate with,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
berate,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
haul over the coals,
criticize,
censure,
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,
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,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
Origin:
Middle English (also in the senses ‘reject’ and ‘censure’): from Old French reprover, from late Latin reprobare ‘disapprove’ (see reprobate).
