All exprobate synonyms

verb exprobate

• admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
• asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
• contemn — to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
• denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
• deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
• incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
• judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
• ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
• remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
• reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• cut up — If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
• get after — to pursue or attack
• look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
• pick apart — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
• read out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
• take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
• tear apart — rip to pieces
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
• penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• abase — to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
• afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
• cow — A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.