Synonyms of the word

upbraiding

• v. present participle of upbraid.
• adj. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.
• n. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.

castigation

• n. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
• n. (obsolete) Emendation; correction.

earful

• n. (informal) a reprimand, castigation or telling off.
• n. (informal) intimate gossip.

going-over

• n. Alternative spelling of going over.

rebuke

• n. A harsh criticism.
• v. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

reprehension

• n. the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand.

reprimand

• n. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
• v. To reprove in a formal or official way.

reproof

• n. An act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.
• v. To proof again.

reproval

• n. The act of reproving.