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noun
A lengthy rebuke:— The teacher gave him a talking to.
synonyms: lecture, speech.
is a specific kind of: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval.
is a broader term that covers: preaching, sermon | curtain lecture.
derivation: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce | speechify.
Dutch: berisping, reprimande, standje, terechtwijzing, verwijt
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