reproach, scold, vituperate, condemn, denounce, lecture, chide, reprehend, admonish, recriminate, reprove, reprimand, castigate, tongue-lash, chastise, rebuke, revile, correct, excoriate, flay, heckle, hiss, damn, flout, deprecate, disparage, asperse, dispraise, censure, reprobate, impugn, blame, disapprove, arraign, oppugn, assail, controvert, give the lie to, expostulate, bring to book, execrate, impeach, stigmatize, brand, calumniate, rake, bark at, decry, clamor against, inveigh against, rake over the coals*.
Antonyms praise*, applaud, approve. See syn. study at scold.scold.
