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Synonyms and Antonyms of call down

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
  • I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner
Synonyms of call down

baste, bawl out, berate, castigate, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, score, tongue-lash, upbraid
Words Related to call down

admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove

abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate

belittle, disparage, mock, put down

ridicule, scoff, scorn
Phrases Synonymous with call down

lay into, read the riot act (to), take to task
Near Antonyms of call down

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

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