Synonyms of reprove

verbTo express disapproval.

• admonishTo inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
• animadvert
• bash
• bawl out
• tilt
• cannonadeTo discharge artillery fire upon.
• slash
• lash
• blameTo censure (someone or something); to criticize.
• scorch informal
• blastTo criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
• berateTo chide or scold vehemently.
• castigateTo punish or reprimand someone severely.
• censureTo criticize harshly.
• charge
• chastiseTo castigate; to scold or censure.
• chew outTo lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
• chide
• condemnTo strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
• criticize
• denounceTo criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly...
• denunciateTo condemn openly.
• deprecateTo express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
• derogate
• dispraiseTo notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
• drag slangTo roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
• dress down
• eat someone alive
• excoriate
• find faultTo criticize something excessively.
• fulminate
• get at
• get downTo criticise; to be strict towards.
• get up Australia
• give somebody a piece of one's mind
• give somebody what-for
• inveigh
• lace into
• lambasteTo scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
• lay into
• lecture
• light intoTo set upon or attack.
• objurgate
• pooh-poohTo dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
• put someone on blast slangTo embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.
• rate
• read somebody the riot act
• rebukeTo criticise harshly; to reprove.
• reprehendTo criticize, to reprove.
• reprimandTo reprove in a formal or official way.
• reproachTo criticize or rebuke (someone).
• rip into
• rubbish Australia
• savage
• scold
• skewer figuratively
• slamTo speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
• slateTo criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly; to castigate.
• tear intoTo subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
• tell off
• threap
• tick offTo reprimand.
• tosh
• keelhaul
• upbraidTo criticize severely.
• vilifyTo belittle through speech; to put down.
• vituperateTo criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
• berisp obsoleteTo censure; reprove.