fulminate+against
71berate — v 1. scold, chide, tongue lash, rate, harangue, rant, curse, execrate, imprecate, anathematize; upbraid, objurgate, excoriate, lambaste, flay, fulminate against; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, criticize, reproach, rebuke, reprove, Inf.… …
72condemn — v 1. censure, reprobate, criticize, remonstrate, animadvert on; denounce, denunciate, objurgate, berate; blame, charge, accuse, impute, indict; incriminate, criminate, inculpate, implicate; disapprove, deprecate, disparage, discountenance;… …
73lace — n 1. tatting, lacework, crochet, needlework, fancywork; openwork, network, net, netting, mesh work, mesh, filigree, web, cobweb, Zool. webbing; arabesque, ornamentation, decoration, embellishment, adornment; ribbon, braid, braiding, cordon, trim …
74pelt — I v 1. attack, assail, stone, lapidate; riddle, shower, bombard, pepper, Brit. Sl. prang; strafe, shell, torpedo, cannonade, Mil. barrage, fusillade, blitz; batter, beat, beat up, Archaic. belabor; pound, Inf. wallop, lay on, pommel, pummel,… …
75reprimand — n 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking to, lecture,… …
76revile — v 1. vituperate, oppugn, assail, abuse, attack, belabor, lash, rail against, inveigh against, Inf. sail into, Inf. jump down [s.o. s] throat, Archaic. clapperclaw; scold, rate, slate, harangue, rant, tongue lash, curse, execrate, imprecate,… …
77scold — v 1. chide, reprimand, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, upbraid, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue lash; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate; chastise, rap [s.o. s] knuckles, slap [s.o. s] wrists; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of… …
78upbraid — v 1. scold, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue lash, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, Inf. fix [s.o. s] little red wagon; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate, chastise, reprimand; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of one s mind, Inf.… …
79damn — [v] condemn, denounce abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, cast out, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss*, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate,… …
80hobby horses — The literature on the hobby horse has been expertly collected and analysed by Dr E. C. Cawte, and this entry relies heavily on his findings. Cawte discusses the various meanings of the term hobby horse , which need not concern us here but… …
