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read the riot act to

  • as inscarify
  • as inscathe
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Synonyms for read the riot act to

verb slam
  • attack
  • blister
  • castigate
  • damn
  • drub
  • excoriate
  • flay
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • pan
  • scorch
  • score
  • scourge
  • slap
  • slash
  • vilify
  • burn someone's ears
  • crawl all over
  • lash into
  • pin someone's ears back
  • put someone on the griddle
  • put someone on the hot seat
  • rake over the coals
  • read the riot act to
  • rip into
  • scathe
  • shoot down

Antonyms for read the riot act to

  • compliment
  • laud
  • mend
  • praise
  • protect
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to read the riot act to

scarify

verb. slam
  • attack
  • blister
  • burn someone's ears
  • castigate
  • crawl all over
  • damn
  • drub
  • excoriate
  • flay
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lash into
  • pan
  • pin someone's ears back
  • put someone on the griddle
  • put someone on the hot seat
  • rake over the coals
  • read the riot act to
  • rip into
  • scathe
  • scorch
  • score
  • scourge
  • shoot down
  • slap
  • slash
  • vilify

scathe

verb. slam
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.