Reproach
Reproach verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Rake over the coals and reproach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rake over the coals" instead a verb "Reproach".
Rake over the coals
Reproach and rake over the coals are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reproach" instead a verb phrase "Rake over the coals".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lambaste and reproach
- lambaste and rake over the coals
- lecture and reproach
- lecture and rake over the coals
- chastise and reproach
- chastise and rake over the coals
- castigate and reproach
- castigate and rake over the coals
- chide and reproach
- chide and rake over the coals
- rebuke and reproach
- rebuke and rake over the coals
- censure and reproach
- censure and rake over the coals
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Rake over the coals and Reproach. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reproach/rake_over_the_coals
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