verb
censure severely or angrily
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The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
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The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
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The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
• Syn:
↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trounce, ↑reproof, ↑lecture, ↑reprimand, ↑jaw, ↑dress down, ↑call down, ↑scold, ↑chide, ↑berate, ↑bawl out, ↑remonstrate, ↑chew out, ↑chew up, ↑have words, ↑lambaste, ↑lambast
• Derivationally related forms:
↑chiding (for: ↑chide), ↑scolder (for: ↑scold), ↑scolding (for: ↑scold), ↑reprimand (for: ↑reprimand), ↑lecture (for: ↑lecture), ↑reproof (for: ↑reproof), ↑rebuker (for: ↑rebuke), ↑rebuke (for: ↑rebuke)
• Hypernyms: ↑knock, ↑criticize, ↑criticise, ↑pick apart
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑have words)-
Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑remonstrate)* * *
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Main Entry: ↑call
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call (someone) on the carpet
US informal : to criticize someone for doing something wrong
He was/got called on the carpet for missing the deadline.
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Main Entry: ↑carpet
Useful english dictionary. 2012.