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call down

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of call down

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner

Synonyms of call down

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

Words Related to call down

admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove

abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate

belittle, disparage, mock, put down

ridicule, scoff, scorn

Phrases Synonymous with call down

lay into, read the riot act (to), take to task

Near Antonyms of call down

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

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