upbraiding
111carping — adj caviling, faultfinding, captious, *critical, hypercritical, censorious Analogous words: blaming, reprehending, reprobating, criticizing (see CRITICIZE): upbraiding, jawing, railing (see SCOLD): depreciating or depreciative, disparaging,… …
112scurrility — *abuse, billingsgate, invective, vituperation, obloquy Analogous words: vilifying or vilification, maligning, traducing, calumniation (see corresponding verbs at MALIGN): reviling, berating, upbraiding, rating, scolding (see SCOLD) …
113abuse — v 1. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate; wrong, aggrieve, Inf. shaft, Inf. give [s.o.] the shaft, disrespect, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty, Sl. kick [s.o.] around; profane, pervert, prostitute; exploit, impose upon, take advantage of, walk all… …
114admonition — n 1. counsel, advice, Archaic. dissuasion; caution, warning, monition, notice; forewarning, prediction. 2. reproof, reproval, remonstrance, expostulation; censure, blame, reprehension; scolding, chiding, rap on the knuckles, rebuke, upbraiding,… …
115animadversion — n 1. criticism, adverse or hostile criticism, Inf. flak, Sl. knock, Sl. swipe, Sl. slam; rebuke, reproof, reprimand, check. 2. censure, reproach, invective, reprehension, reflection, disapproval, disapprobation, stricture; aspersion, imputation,… …
116censorious — adj critical, faultfinding, captious, carping; complaining, animadversional, nagging, hair splitting, querulous, caviling; caustic, biting, vitriolic, cutting, trenchant, severe; disparaging, berating, derogatory, disapproving, disapprobatory,… …
117censure — n 1. disapproval, disapprobation, reprobation, reprehension, objection; fulmination, denunciation, condemnation; criticism, animadversion, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy; tirade, philippic, diatribe. 2. reproof, reproach, rebuke, reprimand,… …
118condemnation — n 1. censure, reprehension, animadversion, criticism, remonstration, remonstrance; disapprobation, disapproval, objection, disparagement, deprecation; reproof, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, stricture; denunciation, denouncing, execration,… …
119denunciation — n 1. fulmination, condemnation, criticism, censure; disapproval, disapprobation, reprobation, reprehension, objection; animadversion, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy; tirade, philippic, diatribe. 2. reproof, reproach, rebuke, reprimand;… …
120deprecatory — adj 1. censuring, reproachful, op probious, impeaching, slating, inveighing, reproving, recriminating, reprehensive, reprobative, reprobating; denunciatory, denunciating, railing, cursing, condemnatory, maledictory, anathematizing; berating,… …
