Rap over the knuckles synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Rap over the knuckles as a Verb

• reprimand

  rebuke
• rebuke
• censure

  rebuke
• scold
• upbraid
• reprove
• reproach

  rebuke
• tell off
• dress down
• berate
• bawl out
• lecture

  rebuke
• haul over the coals
• slap on the wrist
• blast

  telling-off
• admonish
• chastise
• chide
• take to task
• castigate
• chew out
• criticize
• tick off
• carpeting

  ticking off
• vituperate
• revile
• give someone hell
• rake over the coals
• give someone a roasting
• chasten
• reprehend
• punish
• rap
• lay into
• read the riot act to
• tear into
• wig
• put in your place
• give a talking-to
• read the riot act
• tear off a strip
• tongue-lash
• remonstrate with
• come down on
• give someone what for
• rake someone over the coals
• haul someone over the coals
• ream
• light into
• lambaste