objurgate
101castigate — v 1. punish, discipline, chastise, chasten; spank, slap, strike, smite, baste, cuff, box, pummel; thump, beat, lace, drub, cane, birch, switch, trounce, thrash, strap, whip, horsewhip, flail, flog, lash, scourge, flagellate. 2. criticize, scold,… …
102chasten — v 1. discipline, correct, castigate; admonish, reprimand, reprove, scold, chide, criticize, censure, call down, call on the carpet, take [s.o.] to task, Inf. dress down, Sl. strafe, Sl. chew out, Sl. jump all over; objurgate, excoriate, upbraid,… …
103condemn — v 1. censure, reprobate, criticize, remonstrate, animadvert on; denounce, denunciate, objurgate, berate; blame, charge, accuse, impute, indict; incriminate, criminate, inculpate, implicate; disapprove, deprecate, disparage, discountenance;… …
104damn — v 1. condemn, denounce, denunciate, objurgate, berate; castigate, fustigate, tongue lash, reprimand, reprove, upbraid; censure, reprobate, criticize, remonstrate, animadvert on; vilify, gibbet, vituperate, run down, put down. 2. attack, flay,… …
105deprecate — v 1. censure, reproach, impeach, bring to book, call to account, cry down, slate, inveigh against, perstringe, animadvert upon, reprove, recriminate, reprehend, reprobate, pass strictures; denounce, deplore, rail, curse, condemn, anathematize,… …
106disapprove — v 1. disfavor, deprecate, protest against, object to; remonstrate, expostulate, be against, come out against; disparage, discountenance, look dimly upon, take exception to, think ill of, dislike; frown upon, take a dim view of, look askance at,… …
107excoriate — v 1. strip, peel, skin, scalp, bark, husk, shuck, shell, decorticate; scrape, grate, rasp, file, grind, whet, sand, abrade, scour. 2. denounce, blame, accuse, condemn, censure; upbraid, reprove, reproach, rebuke, criticize; chastise, punish,… …
108inveigh — v 1. protest, remonstrate, complain about, object to; decry, denounce, censure, criticize, disparage; deprecate, depreciate, discredit, belittle, minimize, run or put down, Inf. knock. 2. rail against, vituperate, revile, oppugn; assail, attack,… …
109lace — n 1. tatting, lacework, crochet, needlework, fancywork; openwork, network, net, netting, mesh work, mesh, filigree, web, cobweb, Zool. webbing; arabesque, ornamentation, decoration, embellishment, adornment; ribbon, braid, braiding, cordon, trim …
110lash — I n 1. whip, knout, scourge, flagellum, bull whip, cat o nine tails, cat, cowhide, rawhide, quirt, U.S. blacksnake. 2. blow, stroke, bang, hit, smack, rap; knock, buffet, cuff, Inf. wallop, slam, swat, slap, whack, thwack, Inf. bat, Inf. sock,… …
