Upbraid synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Upbraid

• take to task

  reprimand, scold
• rake over the coals

  scold
• tongue-lash
• find fault
• haul over the coals

  reprimand
• give a talking-to

  scold
• rap over the knuckles
• give someone a talking-to

  tell off
• bring to book
• call on the carpet
• bad-mouth
• lay down the law

  scold
• give someone hell

  tell off
• give someone a roasting

  tell off
• read the riot act
• cut to the quick
• give a black eye
• hurl brickbat
• sling mud
• pass the buck
• express disapprobation
• hold responsible
• lower the boom
• point the finger
• have on the carpet
• slap on the wrist
• tear someone off a strip

  tick off
• give someone a rocket

  tell off
• rap someone over the knuckles

  tell off
• give a dressing-down
• chew someone's ass

  vulgar slang
• -speak
• to speak
• to scold
• haul someone over the coals
• rap someone on the knuckles
• drag over the coals
• find guilty
• send up the river
• look askance
• call to task
• give comeuppance
• give the devil
• keep aft
• give one hell
• give the dickens
• rake over coals
• give a hard time
• take down a peg
• be arbitrary