objurgate
91kick — vb *object, protest, remonstrate, expostulate Analogous words: oppose, combat, *resist, withstand, fight: *criticize, denounce, condemn: objurgate, *execrate, curse, damn, anathematize …
92laud — vb extol, eulogize, *praise, acclaim Analogous words: magnify, aggrandize, *exalt: worship, adore, venerate, *revere, reverence: *commend, applaud, compliment Antonyms: revile Contrasted words: *decry, d …
93revile — vituperate, rail, berate, rate, upbraid, *scold, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig Analogous words: vilify, calumniate, *malign, traduce, defame, asperse, slander, libel: *execrate, objurgate, curse Antonyms: laud Contrasted words: *praise,… …
94scold — n shrew, vixen, termagant, *virago, amazon scold vb Scold, upbraid, rate, berate, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail, revile, vituperate can all mean to reprove, reproach, or censure angrily, harshly, and more or less abusively. Scold,… …
95vituperate — revile, berate, rate, upbraid, *scold, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail Analogous words: condemn, denounce, censure, blame, reprehend, reprobate (see CRITICIZE): vilify, asperse, traduce, *malign, calumniate: *execrate, objurgate… …
96abuse — v 1. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate; wrong, aggrieve, Inf. shaft, Inf. give [s.o.] the shaft, disrespect, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty, Sl. kick [s.o.] around; profane, pervert, prostitute; exploit, impose upon, take advantage of, walk all… …
97assail — v 1. attack, assault, raid, storm, charge; rush, blitz, blitzkrieg, set upon, descend upon, spring upon, pounce upon, begin hostilities, Sl. zap, Sl. jump, Archaic. insult; pelt, bombard, pepper, strafe, open fire upon; beset, besiege, importune …
98attack — v 1. assault, raid, storm, charge, rush, blitz, blitzkrieg; set upon, pounce upon, descend upon, fall on, open fire.upon, begin hostilities; light into, Inf. lace into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into, Sl. zap, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into …
99berate — v 1. scold, chide, tongue lash, rate, harangue, rant, curse, execrate, imprecate, anathematize; upbraid, objurgate, excoriate, lambaste, flay, fulminate against; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, criticize, reproach, rebuke, reprove, Inf.… …
100blame — v 1. accuse, hold [s.o.] accountable or responsible, lay at [s.o. s] door, point the finger at [5.0.], Sl. pin or stick [s.t.] on [s.o.], Chiefly Scot. wite; (all in reference to culpability) allege, ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, lay. 2.… …
