Thesaurus / tongue lash
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synonyms for tongue lash
- admonish
- berate
- blast
- castigate
- censure
- condemn
- except
- expostulate
- kick
- lambaste
- object
- protest
- rail
- recriminate
- remonstrate
- reproach
- roast
- scold
- scorch
- trash
- upbraid
- vituperate
- crack down on
- go after
- have at
- jump down one's throat
- lay into
- lay out
- let have it
- read out
- rip into
- sound off
- tongue-lash
- work over
- abuse
- baste
- berate
- blame
- censure
- rail
- rate
- revile
- scold
- upbraid
- vituperate
- call on the carpet
- tongue-lash
- berate
- castigate
- scold
- abuse
- attack
- baste
- belabor
- blister
- censure
- flay
- fulminate
- jaw
- lambaste
- lampoon
- ridicule
- satirize
- upbraid
- bawl out
- chew out
- exprobate
- tear into
- tell off
- tongue-lash
- castigate
- complain
- fume
- inveigh
- rant
- scold
- thunder
- abuse
- attack
- berate
- blast
- censure
- fulminate
- jaw
- rate
- revile
- upbraid
- vituperate
- vociferate
- whip
- bawl out
- chew out
- objurate
- tongue-lash
- berate
- castigate
- chide
- criticize
- denounce
- disparage
- scorn
- vilify
- abuse
- admonish
- blame
- censure
- denigrate
- lambaste
- lecture
- ream
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- vituperate
- give a talking-to
- lay down the law
- rake over the coals
- tongue-lash
- berate
- bicker
- brawl
- dispute
- jaw
- quarrel
- ream
- scold
- scrap
- spat
- squabble
- tiff
- wrangle
- bawl out
- call on the carpet
- tongue-lash
- castigate
- chide
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- revile
- scold
- upbraid
- blister
- censure
- chew
- jaw
- rate
- reprove
- scorch
- vituperate
- bawl out
- call down
- chew out
- cuss out
- eat out
- give one hell
- give what for
- jump all over
- rail at
- rake over the coals
- tell off
- tongue-lash
- abuse
- accuse
- asperse
- berate
- blame
- calumniate
- castigate
- censure
- condemn
- curse
- denounce
- growl
- insult
- lambaste
- lash
- malign
- rail
- rate
- reproach
- revile
- scold
- smear
- traduce
- upbraid
- vilify
- bark at
- bawl out
- chew out
- find fault
- rip into
- run down
- tear into
- tongue-lash
- yell at
- berate
- censure
- chastise
- criticize
- excoriate
- flog
- lambaste
- lash
- penalize
- pummel
- punish
- rebuke
- reprimand
- scold
- upbraid
- baste
- beat
- blister
- cane
- chasten
- correct
- discipline
- drub
- flay
- rail
- rate
- ream
- scarify
- scorch
- scourge
- thrash
- whip
- bawl out
- chew out
- come down on
- drag over the coals
- dress down
- jump down one's throat
- lay out
- lean on
- read the riot act
- scathe
- tongue-lash
- penalize
- abase
- admonish
- afflict
- berate
- castigate
- chastise
- chide
- cow
- curb
- discipline
- humble
- objurgate
- punish
- rebuke
- reprehend
- repress
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- restrain
- scold
- scourge
- soften
- subdue
- tame
- try
- upbraid
- call down
- exprobate
- fulminate against
- have on the carpet
- rake over the coals
- take to task
- tongue-lash
- abuse
- admonish
- assail
- berate
- blame
- castigate
- censure
- chide
- criticize
- denigrate
- denounce
- disparage
- give a talking-to
- lambaste
- lay down the law
- lecture
- rake over the coals
- ream
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- scorn
- tongue-lash
- vilify
- vituperate
- bawl out
- berate
- carpet
- castigate
- censure
- chew out
- lash
- rail
- rake over coals
- ream
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reprove
- tear into
- tell off
- tongue-lash
- upbraid
antonyms for tongue lash
MOST RELEVANT
- approve
- compliment
- exonerate
- flatter
- forgive
- laud
- praise
- reward
- aid
- assist
- guard
- help
- lose
- protect
- surrender
- aid
- approve
- comfort
- compliment
- encourage
- exonerate
- extol
- flatter
- forgive
- help
- inspirit
- laud
- let go
- praise
- promote
- protect
- release
- reward
- animate
- assist
- boost
- cheer
- embolden
- honor
- uplift
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How to use tongue lash in a sentence
“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYNow first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSThe flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSEach sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRIf she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSOne of Yung Pak's favourite toys was a wooden jumping-jack with a pasteboard tongue.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEHe was given no reply save a muttered curse, a command to hold his tongue, and an angry tug at his tied arms.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYHe was a pretty bright sort, that same Goodell, quick-witted, nimble of tongue above the average Englishman.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHe was Gascon to the backbone, and his tongue too often betrayed his most secret and his most transient thoughts.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONAnd the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS