| 单词 | rap someone on the knuckles |
| 释义 | rap someone on the knucklesto criticize or blame someone for doing something that you consider to be wrong If we find the bank made a mistake or was negligent, we will rap them on the knuckles. Synonyms of 'rap someone on the knuckles'scold, correct, discipline, censure More Synonyms of rap someone on the knuckles (idiom) Definition to reprimand I joined the workers on strike and was rapped over the knuckles. Synonyms scold If he finds out, he'll scold me. correct He gently corrected me for using the wrong word. discipline He was disciplined by his company, but not dismissed. censure I would not presume to censure him for his views. berate Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. castigate She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. chastise I did not chastise the child for what she had done. tell off upbraid Eleanor upbraided him for things he'd left undone. Additional synonymsin the sense of berate Definition to scold harshly Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. Synonyms scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, blast, carpet (informal), put down, criticize, slate (informal, British), censure, castigate, revile, chide, harangue, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), rail at, flame (informal), diss (slang), read the riot act to, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), vituperatein the sense of castigate Definition to find fault with or reprimand (a person) harshly She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. Synonyms reprimand, blast, carpet (informal), flame (informal), put down, criticize, lash, slate (informal, British), censure, rebuke, scold, berate, dress down (informal), chastise, chasten, tear into (informal), diss (slang), read the riot act, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, haul over the coals (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal) in the sense of censure Definition to criticize (someone or something) severely I would not presume to censure him for his views. Synonyms criticize, blame, abuse, condemn, carpet (informal), flame (informal), denounce, put down, slate (informal), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, berate, castigate, chide, tear into (informal), diss (slang), blast, read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, damn, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give (someone) a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend Nearby words of |
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