Jaw
Jaw verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails
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Synonyms for Jaw
Rate and jaw are semantically related. in criticize topic. In some cases you can use "Rate" instead a verb "Jaw".
Nearby Word: jawed
Rate
Rate verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Faber, the FBI lie detector expert, is capable of visually recognizing signs of truth, noticing things most people would process only subconsciously, such as pupil dilation and the rate of a person's pulse under their jaw.
Source: Series / Allegiance
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