telling-off
noun
• a reprimand.
• "your dad gave me such a telling-off"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
reproof,
admonishment,
admonition,
reproach,
reproval,
scolding,
remonstration,
upbraiding,
castigation,
lambasting,
lecture,
criticism,
censure,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap on the wrist,
flea in one's ear,
talking-to,
dressing-down,
earful,
roasting,
tongue-lashing,
bawling-out,
caning,
blast,
blowing up,
ticking off,
carpeting,
wigging,
rollicking,
rocket,
row,
serve,
rating,
bollocking,