Rake over the coals synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Rake over the coals as a Verb

• haul over the coals

  criticize harshly
• reprimand

  criticize harshly
• upbraid
• reprove
• rebuke
• censure
• tell off
• dress down
• castigate
• dress-down

  criticize harshly
• chide
• scold
• chastise
• berate
• admonish
• lambaste
• lecture
• take to task
• bawl out
• chew out
• chasten
• reprehend
• reproach
• criticize
• come down on
• read the riot act to
• trim
• scathe
• jump on
• call down
• scarify
• rap over the knuckles
• lay into
• tear a strip off
• excoriate
• assail
• pound
• pummel
• smother
• slap
• slam
• hammer
• whip
• pelt
• cudgel
• bludgeon
• attack
• slash
• strike
• shellac