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noun

Definition of tongue-lashingnext
as in invective

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tongue-lashing

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verb

present participle of tongue-lash
as in scolding
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings the drill sergeant tongue-lashed the recruits with a colorful litany of foulmouthed invectives

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-lashing
  1. invective
  2. lashing
  3. tirade
  4. vituperation
  5. reprimand
  6. rebuke
  7. attack
  8. assault
Noun
  • Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Police officers have been injured, spit on and had objects hurled at them, the same invective screamed at them as the insurrectionists screamed at the Capitol Police on Jan. 6.
    Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 10 June 2024
Definition of invective
Noun
  • On New Year’s in Russia, revelers traditionally consume lashings of Olivier salad.
    Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Blazy’s style is synonymous with slick, sophisticated tailoring, lashings of leather and off-beat accessories — all of which feel a far cry from Chanel’s heritage quilting and bouclé.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of lashing
Noun
  • The long-term inadvertent adverse consequences could be that society as a whole will lean further and further into emotional tirades.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • His tirades to staff were matched by his abuse of punters in social media forums.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of tirade
Noun
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of vituperation
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  • In June 2023, Republicans voted to censure Schiff, and McCarthy delivered a public reprimand that said Schiff misled the public during congressional investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Big 12 gave ASU a $25,000 fine and a public reprimand after fans stormed the field just before the end of play during the Sun Devils' win over BYU last Saturday.
    Axios Phoenix, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of reprimand
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  • There will be no more listening silently to uncomfortable rebukes from defeated Democrats, whether explicit or otherwise.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The House on Thursday passed legislation that would impose sanctions on officials at the International Criminal Court, making a frontal assault on the tribunal in a rebuke of its move to charge top Israeli leaders with war crimes for their offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
    Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of rebuke
Noun
  • Newsom has recently come under attack by critics of his handling of the historic wildfires.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
  • After much debate, the city finally decided to keep the reservoir open and use it for emergencies such as earthquakes, droughts and terror attacks, The Times reported in 2002.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
    Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
Definition of assault
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