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tongue-lash

[tuhng-lash]
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verb (used with or without object)

to scold severely.

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scold, castigate, berate, fume, rant, inveigh, thunder, complain, vilify, denounce, chide, criticize, scorn, disparage, revile, upbraid, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, penalize

Origin of tongue-lash

First recorded in 1880–85
Related formstongue-lash·ing, noun
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Historical Examples of tongue-lash

  • Yet bravely he strove again to give tongue-lash for tongue-lash—by reaching out one palsied hand toward his weapon.

British Dictionary definitions for tongue-lash

tongue-lash

verb

(tr) to reprimand severely; scold
Derived Formstongue-lashing, noun, adjective
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