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Synonyms and Antonyms of jawing
- you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails
basting, bawling out, berating, calling down, castigating, chastising, chewing out, dressing down, flaying, hammering, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, ragging, railing (at or against), ranting (at), rating, reaming (out), rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching, scolding, scoring, tongue-lashing, upbraiding
admonishing, chiding, remonstrating (with), reproving
abusing, assailing, attacking, bad-mouthing, blaming, blasting, censuring, condemning, criticizing, crucifying, denouncing, dissing [slang], excoriating, faulting, haranguing, knocking, lacing (into), lashing, panning, reprehending, reviling, scourging, slamming, vituperating
- just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff
babbling, blabbing, cackling, chaffering [British], chattering, chatting, chinning [slang], conversing, gabbing, gabbling, gassing, jabbering, kibitzing (also kibbitzing), nattering, palavering, pattering, prating, prattling, rapping, rattling, running on, schmoozing (or shmoozing), talking, twittering, visiting
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