Hyponyms: riot act, chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing, what for, castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down, berating, blowing up, reproach, lecture, speech, talking to, correction, chastening, chastisement, admonition, admonishment, monition, animadvert, chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, tell off, brush down
Derivational Morphology: call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast, censure, criminate, reprehend, admonish, reprove, animadversion, reproval, reprehension, chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold, speech, talking to, upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker
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