SYNONYMS
reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambast, read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, lecture, criticize, censure
British haul over the coals
informal 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, send someone away with a flea in their ear, 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
British informal tick off, have a go at, 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
North American informal chew out, ream out
Australian informal monster
British vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking, tear someone a new arsehole, rip someone a new arsehole
North American vulgar slang chew someone's ass, ream someone's ass, tear someone a new asshole, rip someone a new asshole
dated call down, rate, give someone a rating, trim
rare reprehend, objurgate