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past tense of lecture
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1
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
- the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service
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Words Related to lectured
- admonished,
- chid
- (or chided),
- remonstrated (with),
- reproved
- abused,
- assailed,
- attacked,
- bad-mouthed,
- blamed,
- blasted,
- censured,
- condemned,
- criticized,
- crucified,
- denounced,
- dissed
- [slang],
- excoriated,
- faulted,
- harangued,
- knocked,
- laced (into),
- lashed,
- panned,
- reprehended,
- reviled,
- scourged,
- slammed,
- vituperated
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2
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
- a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease
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“Lectured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lectured. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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