- condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
--1 is one way to denounce
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
--2 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 form: noun objurgation1
Somebody ----s somebody