rail (at or against)

verb

Definition of rail (at or against)next
as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings we could hear the cook in the kitchen railing against his assistant and wondered if we'd ever get our food

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rail (at or against)
  1. scold
  2. lecture
  3. reprimand
  4. call down
  5. dress down
  6. chew out
  7. blame
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  • The Senate hauled Live Nation’s president and CFO in for a public scolding.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The New York Times reported that Hegseth’s mother had sent him an email scolding him for abusing women.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of scold
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  • We’re either lectured on the history of our own struggle, or appealed to with dire fearmongering and empty promises while our cries fall on deaf ears.
    Derrick Johnson, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
  • An increasingly jealous Seth Rollins lectured Sami Zayn about teaming with Roman Reigns after both of them worked so hard to end the Bloodline.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of lecture
Verb
  • Lawmakers also made calls for the House Ethics Committee to look into the matter and demanded that Higgins be formally reprimanded. 2024 Presidential Election:When is the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance?
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee reprimanded the heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security for failing to appear for an annual hearing.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of reprimand
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  • The pilot would locate an enemy position and mark it with small smoke bombs; an artillery spotter could then call down a barrage on the marked location.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • A number of companies are vying to win the business of apartment community companies interested in providing their residents with amenities that might best be called down to earth.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of call down
Verb
  • Her father, meanwhile, dressed down for the occasion and wore a Terrifier T-shirt, a black cap and gray jeans.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Some of these folks even dressed down–this ideal works well too especially since sneakers and dresses are so of-the-moment.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of dress down
Verb
  • There’s also a story line of Harper being chewed out by Petra when Petra finds out how Harper actually got the information necessary to short Pierpoint, i.e., illegally.
    Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
  • In the following scene, which marks a turning point between Emily and Luke, Emily chews out Luke for pushing a deal that ends up costing their firm $25 million.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Definition of chew out
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  • President-elect Donald Trump called for nonintervention in Syria, blaming the escalating situation on former President Barack Obama.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Their romance had only just been made public in 2016 and Meghan was suddenly engulfed in a storm of reporting from publications all over the world, and from the very newspapers Harry blamed for the death of his mother.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of blame
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“Rail (at or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rail%20%28at%20or%20against%29. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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