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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
  • 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
  • As a result, Thai social media is full of satire and bitter invective directed at the monarch.
    Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
Definition of invective
Noun
  • The sandwich itself is local fried snapper, placed between two thick slices of toasted bread and stuffed with cheese and coleslaw before being smothered in lashings of hot sauce.
    Rebekah Evans, The Week UK, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
  • This leaves the platform as having lashings of potential but a wider gaming experience that’s frustratingly incomplete.
    Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of lashing
Noun
  • The man continued his angry tirade and, eventually, Kelce left his car to approach the group of people to sign their items.
    Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Morelle also openly spoke out against Mace's recent tirade to ban transgender lawmakers from using the bathroom of their choice.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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
Noun
  • Like Wheeler, Filali only received a written reprimand.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Its justices make the ultimate decisions on discipline for judges, ranging from mere letters of warning to more serious reprimands, up to suspensions for as long as a year and even, in very rare cases, removal from the bench.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of reprimand
Noun
  • Los Angeles Unified school principals — saying their workload is too heavy and the pressure to raise student achievement, manage complex budgets and keep campuses safe is too intense — have voted to join the Teamsters union in a rebuke to the leadership of Supt.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The comment drew a rebuke from Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry, who said the force is burned out and drained by waves of retirements.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of rebuke
Noun
  • The new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Russia even to a conventional attack by a country that is supported by a nuclear power.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • At least one person was killed in Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Dnipro region, Vice Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram, adding that heating was disrupted for 155 residential buildings.
    Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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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