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past tense of tongue-lash
Synonyms & Antonyms of tongue-lashed
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
- the drill sergeant tongue-lashed the recruits with a colorful litany of foulmouthed invectives
Synonyms for tongue-lashed
Words Related to tongue-lashed
- 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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