to give a mild warning to a person or show disapproval

warn, strongly criticize

to attack (a person)

attack, usually with words

to punish (a person) severely with blows or by criticizing

criticize severely

to cause a person to be more sympathetic and understanding

correct, humiliate

to blame, criticize, punish etc (a person) severely

scold, discipline

to scold (a person); complain

criticize, lecture

an old horse; to find fault with a person often

harass, bother

(one of) a series of horizontal or sloping bars or rods of a fence etc; a continuous line of such bars, laid on the ground for trains; to criticize a person angrily

criticize harshly

blame, denounce

blame, denounce

to disapprove of (a person, behaviour etc)

disapprove

to express one's strong disapproval to (a person) of her or his behaviour

rebuke

to use abusive language about (a person, thing)

scold

to blame (a person) with angry words

find fault with

to say evil things about (a person)

criticize very harshly