English synonyms about - contact  
 or browse at random

chew out

verb

1 chew out

Censure severely or angrily.

synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast ... show more.

is a specific kind of: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart.

is a broader term that covers: castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate | brush down, tell off.

derivation: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | chiding, objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing | lecture, speech, talking to | common scold, nag, nagger, scold, scolder | rebuker, reproacher, reprover, upbraider.

Dutch: schelden, op het matje roepen, berispen, aanrekenen, aantijgen, aanwrijven, imputeren, inwrijven, nadragen, verwijten

Moby thesaurus: bawl out, carpet, chew, chew ass, cuss out, give a going-over, give hail Columbia, give hell, give the deuce, give what-for, jack up, jaw, lambaste, ream, ream ass, ream out, revile, sit on, tell off, tongue-lash ... show more.

Find more on chew out elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0282

 

By in1woord using third party data - privacy - contact - sitemap