LECTURES Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lecture

as in scolds

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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scolds
reprimands
criticizes
blames
calls down
scores
upbraids
lambasts
faults
reams (out)
dresses down
berates
attacks
rebukes
rails (at or against)
reproaches
rags
lays into
bawls out
admonishes
rants (at)
jaws
mocks
rates
chastises
takes to task
tongue-lashes
castigates
keelhauls
lambastes
flays
hammers
chews out
reads the riot act (to)
bastes
harangues
remonstrates (with)
chides
lashes
pans
abuses
condemns
slams
censures
reprehends
excoriates
knocks
reproves
ridicules
denounces
scourges
blasts
reviles
vituperates
crucifies
laces (into)
disparages
scoffs
assails
belittles
bad-mouths
scorns
disses
puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

approves
indorses
sanctions
endorses
praises
extols
lauds
extolls

as in speaks

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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