Synonyms for Take to task:

• n.

  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • belabor,
  • lambast.

• 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.
  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • criticise,
  • knock,
  • criticize.
  •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:

  •Other relevant words:
  • charged with,
  • light into,
  • hang something on,
  • give piece of mind,
  • upbraid,
  • reprimand,
  • pull apart,
  • sit on,
  • fulminate against,
  • disciplined,
  • Ratted,
  • scold,
  • Disciplining,
  • laid on,
  • animadverts,
  • reprobates,
  • have on the carpet,
  • indict,
  • give a talking to,
  • Lectured,
  • Lessoned,
  • remonstrate,
  • tick off,
  • laying on,
  • jumped on,
  • climb over,
  • incriminate,
  • rebuke,
  • proscribe,
  • recriminate,
  • tore apart,
  • ticked off,
  • chasten,
  • climb all over,
  • find fault with,
  • Reprobating,
  • reading out,
  • denounce,
  • bring to book,
  • jump on,
  • Lessoning,
  • recriminating,
  • shows up,
  • jawbones,
  • tongue-lash,
  • go after,
  • give comeuppance,
  • reproach,
  • sitting on,
  • call down,
  • exprobate,
  • carp on,
  • Animadverting,
  • tongue lash,
  • pulls apart,
  • look askance,
  • jawbone,
  • torn apart,
  • jawboned,
  • Animadverted,
  • lower boom,
  • tearing apart,
  • reprove,
  • task,
  • give piece of one's mind,
  • Denunciate,
  • get after,
  • inveigh against,
  • censure,
  • give a talking-to,
  • keep aft,
  • ratting,
  • lean on,
  • read out,
  • give the dickens,
  • animadvert,
  • give the devil,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • leaning on,
  • Reaming,
  • lower the boom,
  • objurate,
  • sound off,
  • pick apart,
  • call on the carpet,
  • rake over coals,
  • call to task,
  • lay on,
  • lay down the law,
  • bawl out,
  • calling down,
  • Reamed,
  • Reprobated,
  • carp at,
  • charge with,
  • monish,
  • tear apart,
  • jawboning,
  • jump down throat.
  •reprove
  • read riot act.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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.