Synonyms for Take to task:

• v.

  •bawl out (verb)
  • have words,
  • yell at,
  • rip into.
  •censure (verb)
  • ostracize,
  • attack,
  • impugn,
  • blame,
  • castigate,
  • rebuff,
  • berate,
  • discipline,
  • reprehend,
  • disapprove,
  • asperse,
  • contemn,
  • tell off,
  • chide,
  • deprecate,
  • cavil,
  • cut up,
  • admonish,
  • lecture,
  • denigrate,
  • backbite,
  • chastise,
  • judge,
  • disparage,
  • abuse.
  •chasten (verb)
  • punish,
  • abase,
  • afflict,
  • penalize,
  • repress,
  • humble,
  • subdue,
  • tame,
  • rake over the coals,
  • cow,
  • soften,
  • curb,
  • restrain,
  • try,
  • objurgate,
  • scourge.
  •denounce (verb)
  • derogate,
  • dress down,
  • impeach,
  • rap,
  • vilify,
  • accuse,
  • rat,
  • declaim,
  • brand,
  • revile,
  • arraign,
  • adjudicate,
  • finger,
  • excoriate,
  • vituperate,
  • charge,
  • blacklist,
  • decry,
  • reprobate,
  • show up,
  • smear,
  • expose,
  • skin,
  • threaten,
  • implicate,
  • boycott,
  • stigmatize,
  • damn,
  • prosecute.
  •rebuke (verb)
  • oppose,
  • lay into,
  • pay,
  • fry,
  • lesson,
  • zap,
  • read,
  • rip,
  • rake.
  •reprimand (verb)
  • check,
  • come down on.
  •reproach (verb)
  • defame,
  • condemn,
  • ream,
  • trim,
  • discredit.
  •scold (verb)
  • nag,
  • expostulate,
  • rail,
  • put down,
  • preach.
  •tell off (verb)
  • give tongue-lashing.
  •upbraid (verb)
  • up braids,
  • up braid,
  • up-braid,
  • up-braiding,
  • up braiding,
  • up-braids,
  • up-braided,
  • up braided.

• Other synonyms:

  •reprove
  • read riot act.
  •Other relevant words:
  • pillory,
  • skin alive,
  • article,
  • jump all over,
  • tell,
  • give what for,
  • settle with,
  • correct,
  • impute,
  • slap wrist,
  • sail into,
  • take down,
  • rate,
  • complain,
  • set down,
  • blow up,
  • bring to account,
  • square accounts,
  • press charges,
  • lambaste,
  • lodge a complaint,
  • give the business,
  • bring accusation,
  • flay,
  • slate,
  • carpet,
  • straighten out,
  • reproof,
  • masthead,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • deal with,
  • find fault,
  • cite,
  • trounce,
  • insinuate,
  • report,
  • book,
  • chew up,
  • taunt,
  • wig,
  • tear into,
  • twit,
  • give hell,
  • call to account,
  • fasten upon,
  • spank,
  • read the riot act,
  • rag,
  • allege,
  • bring charges,
  • rap knuckles,
  • inform against,
  • prefer charges,
  • penalise,
  • inform on,
  • jaw,
  • let have it,
  • tax,
  • fasten on,
  • chew out,
  • lace into,
  • imply,
  • set straight,
  • pin on.

Antonyms for Take to task:

• v.

  • censure
    compliment, agree, laud, permit, commend, approve, forgive, cherish, sanction, protect, endorse, defend, allow, praise, flatter.
  • chasten
    animate, extol, let go, inspirit, comfort, encourage, aid, release, exonerate, embolden, assist, honor, promote, uplift, boost, reward, cheer, help.
  • denounce
    exculpate, ignore, welcome, free, exalt, applaud, cover.