Definition for Talking to:

• a lengthy rebuke; " a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; " the teacher gave him a talking to"

Synonyms for Talking to:

• n.

  •
  • quibble,
  • remonstrance,
  • attack.
  •admonition (noun)
  • dressing down,
  • upbraiding,
  • berating.
  •communication (noun)
  • speech,
  • talking to,
  • lecture.
  •rebuke (noun)
  • refusal,
  • rebuff,
  • correction,
  • expostulation,
  • snub,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • hard time,
  • punishment,
  • condemnation,
  • chewing-out,
  • earful,
  • slap in the face,
  • repulse,
  • comeuppance,
  • put-down,
  • affliction,
  • disapproval,
  • row,
  • ostracism.
  •reprimand (noun)
  • calling down,
  • what for,
  • piece of one's mind,
  • grooming,
  • Ragging,
  • bawling out,
  • going over.
  •row (noun)
  • scrap,
  • knock-down-drag-out,
  • riot,
  • controversy,
  • bickering,
  • melee,
  • fray,
  • words,
  • affray,
  • shouting match,
  • racket,
  • fuss,
  • brawl,
  • run-in,
  • tumult,
  • fracas,
  • trouble,
  • quarrel,
  • altercation,
  • rumpus,
  • wrangle,
  • falling-out,
  • uproar,
  • dispute,
  • squabble,
  • tiff,
  • noise,
  • set-to,
  • disturbance,
  • commotion.
  •scolding (noun)
  • chiding,
  • rating,
  • chewing out.
  •tongue-lashing (noun)
  • dressing-down,
  • castigation.

• v.

  •admonish (verb)
  • upbraid,
  • Forewarn,
  • come down hard on,
  • sit on,
  • jack up,
  • censure,
  • call down,
  • exhort,
  • give a going over,
  • counsel,
  • enjoin,
  • tell off,
  • glue,
  • berate,
  • rap,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • hoist,
  • slap on wrist,
  • reprove,
  • give a piece of one's mind,
  • chide,
  • growl,
  • scold,
  • ding,
  • notice,
  • draw the line,
  • warn,
  • speak to,
  • check,
  • talk to,
  • tell a thing or two,
  • call on the carpet,
  • advise.
  •approach (verb)
  • tumble,
  • entreat,
  • take aside,
  • feel,
  • greet,
  • appeal to,
  • make overture,
  • make up to,
  • feel one out,
  • give a play,
  • beseech,
  • accost,
  • sound out,
  • plead,
  • propose,
  • thumb,
  • confer,
  • apply to,
  • give a tumble,
  • address,
  • implore,
  • consult,
  • make advance,
  • supplicate.
  •chide (verb)
  • reprehend,
  • tick off,
  • give a hard time,
  • take down a peg,
  • find fault,
  • monish,
  • take down,
  • lesson,
  • rate,
  • exprobate,
  • condemn,
  • slap on the wrist,
  • castigate,
  • flay,
  • blame,
  • admonish.
  •harangue (verb)
  • spiel,
  • stump,
  • get on a soapbox,
  • hold forth,
  • orate,
  • rave,
  • spout,
  • rant,
  • soapbox,
  • go on about,
  • declaim,
  • yell at,
  • chew out,
  • perorate,
  • buttonhole,
  • apostrophize.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tirade,
  • bum rap,
  • slam,
  • criticism,
  • harangue,
  • whispering campaign,
  • ticking off,
  • stricture,
  • brickbat,
  • barb,
  • denunciation,
  • telling-off,
  • recrimination,
  • diatribe,
  • Pot shot,
  • hatchet job,
  • putdown.
  •
  • whack,
  • sideswipe,
  • indictment,
  • broadside.
  •
  • blast,
  • assault.
  •
  • tilt,
  • serve.

Antonyms for Talking to:

• n.

  • admonition
    praise.
  • rebuke
    exoneration, encouragement, flattery, sanction, approval, endorsement.
  • reprimand
    reward, forgiveness.
  • row
    harmony, agreement, peace, order, quiet, silence, tranquility, calmness, calm.
  • scolding
    compliment, commendation.

• v.

  • admonish
    extol, permit, allow, commend, applaud, approve, flatter, laud.
  • approach
    go away, answer, depart, leave, distance.
  • chide
    exonerate.
  • harangue
    be quiet.
  • interview
    reply.

Hypernym for Talking to:

• n.

  • communication
    preaching, sermon, curtain lecture.

Hyponym for Talking to:

• n.

  • communication
    reproof, rebuke, reprehension, reproval, reprimand.