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单词 chews out
释义

chew out

verb

chewed out; chewing out; chews out

transitive verb

: reprimand, bawl out

Synonyms

  • baste
  • bawl out
  • berate
  • call down
  • castigate
  • chastise
  • dress down
  • flay
  • hammer
  • jaw
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lambast
  • lecture
  • rag
  • rail (at or against)
  • rant (at)
  • rate
  • ream (out)
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • scold
  • score
  • tongue-lash
  • upbraid
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Example Sentences

the coach chews out even the stars of the team if they fail to show up for practice

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

chews out

verb

present tense third-person singular of chew out
as in scolds
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings the coach chews out even the stars of the team if they fail to show up for practice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • scolds
  • lectures
  • reprimands
  • bawls out
  • dresses down
  • calls down
  • keelhauls
  • criticizes
  • blames
  • lays into
  • reads the riot act (to)
  • jaws
  • rags
  • berates
  • rants (at)
  • tongue-lashes
  • attacks
  • rates
  • takes to task
  • reams (out)
  • upbraids
  • rails (at or against)
  • flays
  • rebukes
  • hammers
  • admonishes
  • chastises
  • castigates
  • faults
  • lambasts
  • reproaches
  • scores
  • lambastes
  • bastes
  • mocks
  • reprehends
  • remonstrates (with)
  • pans
  • lashes
  • vituperates
  • chides
  • slams
  • knocks
  • blasts
  • crucifies
  • reproves
  • condemns
  • abuses
  • denounces
  • harangues
  • reviles
  • puts down
  • assails
  • excoriates
  • scourges
  • censures
  • disparages
  • scoffs
  • ridicules
  • belittles
  • bad-mouths
  • laces (into)
  • scorns
  • disses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • approves
  • indorses
  • endorses
  • sanctions
  • praises
  • extols
  • extolls
  • lauds
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