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lectured

verb , past tense of lecture

Synonyms and Antonyms of lectured

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

the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service

Synonyms of lectured

basted, bawled out, berated, called down, castigated, chastised, chewed out, dressed down, flayed, hammered, jawed, keelhauled, lambasted, ragged, railed (at or against), ranted (at), rated, reamed (out), rebuked, reprimanded, reproached, scolded, scored, tongue-lashed, upbraided

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

belittled, disparaged, mocked, put down

ridiculed, scoffed, scorned

Phrases Synonymous with lectured

laid into, read the riot act (to), took to task

Near Antonyms of lectured

approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned

extolled, lauded, praised

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

Synonyms of lectured

declaimed, descanted, discoursed, expatiated, harangued, orated, spoke, talked

Words Related to lectured

recited, soliloquized

disserted, expounded, pontificated, sermonized

mouthed, spouted

Phrases Synonymous with lectured

held forth, took the floor

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