Synonyms of taken to task

taken to task

phrase

past participle of take to task

1

as in criticized

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of

He took his rival to task during the TV interview.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criticized
• blamed
• knocked
• faulted
• attacked
• found fault (with)
• kicked
• come down hard (on)
• dispraised
• censured
• condemned
• panned
• denounced
• reprimanded
• slagged
• complained
• slammed
• reprehended
• scolded
• dissed
• growled
• nicked (at)
• sniped (at)
• assailed
• beefed
• skewered
• slashed
• admonished
• blasted
• tweaked
• muttered
• lashed
• moaned
• clobbered
• caviled
• whined
• bitched
• chided
• grumbled
• murmured
• cavilled
• niggled
• discommended
• crucified
• groused
• quibbled
• disparaged
• berated
• upbraided
• excoriated
• rebuked
• chid
• derided
• griped
• crabbed
• bellyached
• keelhauled
• croaked
• kvetched
• pilloried
• lambasted
• decried
• hammered
• reproached
• flayed
• belittled
• drubbed
• put down
• carped
• reproved
• chidden
• castigated
• gibbeted
• fussed
• bad-mouthed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• approved
• recommended
• endorsed
• extolled
• sanctioned
• lauded
• commended
• indorsed

2

as in reprimanded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reprimanded
• scolded
• laid into
• chewed out
• blamed
• lectured
• bawled out
• knocked
• railed (at or against)
• reamed (out)
• faulted
• ranted (at)
• called down
• ragged
• rated
• dressed down
• read the riot act (to)
• berated
• upbraided
• chastised
• tongue-lashed
• criticized
• keelhauled
• scored
• rebuked
• lambasted
• flayed
• hammered
• jawed
• remonstrated (with)
• reproached
• castigated
• admonished
• basted
• attacked
• chided
• reviled
• slammed
• laced (into)
• crucified
• ridiculed
• abused
• assailed
• lashed
• chid
• disparaged
• excoriated
• denounced
• panned
• blasted
• condemned
• mocked
• censured
• harangued
• scoffed
• reproved
• chidden
• vituperated
• scourged
• put down
• belittled
• reprehended
• scorned
• bad-mouthed
• dissed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• indorsed
• praised
• extolled
• lauded