- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
--1 is one way to call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun chastisement2, noun chastisement1
Somebody ----s somebody