betongue

  • 1Betongue — Be*tongue , v. t. To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2betongue — index lash (attack verbally), reprehend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3betongue — …

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  • 4lash — I (attack verbally) verb admonish, animadvert upon, assail, berate, betongue, blackguard, cast reproach upon, castigate, chastise, chide, criticize severly, decry, excoriate, exprobrate, flay, fulminate against, impugn, increpate, inveigh,… …

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  • 5reprehend — I verb accuse, admonish, animadvert, berate, betongue, blame, bring to book, call down, call to account, cast blame upon, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, chide, condemn, correct, criticize, decry, denounce, disapprove, dress down,… …

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  • 6abuse — Synonyms and related words: abuse of office, addiction, afflict, aggrieve, assail, assailing, assault, atrocity, attack, bark at, batter, befoul, befoulment, belittle, berate, berating, betongue, betray, betrayal, bewitch, billingsgate, bitter… …

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  • 7berate — Synonyms and related words: abuse, bark at, bawl out, betongue, blacken, castigate, chew out, chide, excoriate, execrate, fulminate against, harangue, jaw, load with reproaches, objurgate, rag, rail, rail at, rate, rave against, revile, scold,… …

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  • 8blacken — Synonyms and related words: abuse, asperse, attaint, bark at, becloud, bedarken, bedaub, bedim, begloom, begrime, berate, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, betongue, black, black out, blackwash, block the light,… …

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  • 9execrate — Synonyms and related words: abhor, abominate, abuse, accurse, anathematize, ban, bark at, berate, betongue, blacken, blaspheme, blast, censure, condemn, confound, curse, curse and swear, cuss, damn, darn, denounce, detest, dysphemize,… …

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  • 10fulminate against — Synonyms and related words: abuse, accurse, accuse, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, bark at, berate, betongue, blacken, blame, blaspheme, blast, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, complain against,… …

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