tongue-lash

verb

ˈtəŋ-ˌlash 

tongue-lashed; tongue-lashing; tongue-lashes

: chide, scold

tongue-lashing

ˈtəŋ-ˌla-shiŋ 

noun

Synonyms

• baste
• bawl out
• berate
• call down
• castigate
• chastise
• chew out
• dress down
• flay
• hammer
• jaw
• keelhaul
• lambaste
• lambast
• lecture
• rag
• rail (at or against)
• rant (at)
• rate
• ream (out)
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold
• score
• upbraid

Examples of tongue-lash in a Sentence

the drill sergeant tongue-lashed the recruits with a colorful litany of foulmouthed invectives

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from tongue-lashing

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above