Synonyms of call down

call down

verb

as in to scold

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 & Similar Words

• scold
• lecture
• reprimand
• rail (at or against)
• blame
• criticize
• dress down
• bawl out
• chew out
• lay into
• ream (out)
• rant (at)
• rag
• jaw
• berate
• upbraid
• fault
• chastise
• read the riot act (to)
• attack
• admonish
• rate
• rebuke
• tongue-lash
• reproach
• mock
• take to task
• flay
• keelhaul
• score
• baste
• hammer
• castigate
• lambaste
• remonstrate (with)
• chide
• lace (into)
• knock
• pan
• condemn
• slam
• put down
• revile
• lash
• crucify
• denounce
• abuse
• blast
• assail
• harangue
• belittle
• reprove
• censure
• scourge
• disparage
• ridicule
• excoriate
• scoff
• vituperate
• reprehend
• scorn
• bad-mouth
• dis

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• sanction
• praise
• extol
• laud

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of call down

At another point, NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman called down to Earth to NASA’s IT specialists on the ground to report that both versions of Microsoft’s email program Outlook installed on his computer were not working. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026

For fixes other tenants would normally make themselves, like changing a lightbulb, Ruby would call down June’s husband to act as a handyman. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2026

Ming opened up her fourth floor window and called down to the firefighters below. — Kate Talerico, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2026

Derpetrossian was working with a hot shot crew with the Angeles National Forest when he got called down to help fight fires that were popping up around Los Angeles while the Palisades Fire wreaked havoc on the city’s Westside. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026