Big Huge Thesaurus

have words

verb

• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• reproof
• lecture
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• scold
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• remonstrate
• chew out
• chew up
• lambaste
• lambast
• criticise
• criticize
• knock
• pick apart

sounds kind of like

• hebrides
• hubbard squash
• hybridise
• hybridize