Flay
Flay verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
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Synonyms for Flay
Hold responsible and flay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold responsible" instead a verb "Flay".
Hold responsible
Flay and hold responsible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flay" instead a verb phrase "Hold responsible".
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Related pairs
- knock and flay
- knock and hold responsible
- blast and flay
- blast and hold responsible
- chide and flay
- chide and hold responsible
- rebuke and flay
- rebuke and hold responsible
- condemn and flay
- condemn and hold responsible
- censure and flay
- censure and hold responsible
- denounce and flay
- denounce and hold responsible
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Hold responsible and Flay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flay/hold_responsible
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