Synonyms for Tell off:

• n.

  •
  • take/bring/hold someone to task,
  • tear someone/something to pieces/shreds,
  • harangue,
  • savage,
  • attack.
  •brush down (noun)
  • brush down.
  •dress down (noun)
  • dress.

• v.

  •admonish (verb)
  • draw the line,
  • notice,
  • ding,
  • check,
  • counsel,
  • warn,
  • rap,
  • enjoin,
  • hoist,
  • Forewarn,
  • advise.
  •bawl out (verb)
  • hath words,
  • hadst words,
  • ripping in to,
  • has words,
  • rip in to,
  • haddest words,
  • ripped into,
  • rips into,
  • ripped in to,
  • hast words,
  • ripping into,
  • having words,
  • had words,
  • rips in to.
  •berate (verb)
  • rate,
  • scorch,
  • jump all over,
  • tongue-lash,
  • jaw,
  • eat out,
  • rail at,
  • blister,
  • give what for,
  • give one hell.
  •censure (verb)
  • denigrate,
  • discipline,
  • asperse,
  • denounce,
  • disapprove,
  • backbite,
  • disparage,
  • blame,
  • ostracize,
  • contemn,
  • impugn,
  • cavil,
  • chastise,
  • abuse,
  • judge,
  • knock,
  • reprehend,
  • cut up.
  •chew out (verb)
  • criticize,
  • yell at,
  • wig.
  •chide (verb)
  • condemn,
  • slap on the wrist,
  • take down.
  •confront (verb)
  • meet,
  • brave,
  • go up against,
  • defy,
  • go one-on-one,
  • accost,
  • withstand,
  • face down,
  • face with,
  • resist,
  • dare,
  • come up against,
  • encounter,
  • call one's bluff,
  • stand up to,
  • make my day,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • flout,
  • affront,
  • beard,
  • front,
  • oppose,
  • face up to,
  • scorn,
  • repel.
  •dress down (verb)
  • rake over coals.
  •lash (verb)
  • ridicule,
  • satirize,
  • belabor,
  • lambaste,
  • baste.
  •lecture (verb)
  • giving going-over,
  • give goingover,
  • pre-aching,
  • gives going-over,
  • pre ached,
  • gave goingover,
  • pre-ached,
  • ranks on,
  • pre aching,
  • gives goingover,
  • ranked on,
  • giving goingover,
  • gave going-over,
  • ranking on.
  •rebuff (verb)
  • keeping at distance,
  • re fusing,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • dis courages,
  • keeps at bay,
  • dis allows,
  • put one's place,
  • dis allowing,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • putting in one place,
  • dis-allow,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • re buffing,
  • dis-allows,
  • kept arms length,
  • re pulsed,
  • de clines,
  • re pulsing,
  • put in one place,
  • dis missing,
  • dis allow,
  • keeps a distance,
  • de-cline,
  • keeps distance,
  • keep a distance,
  • keep at arms length,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • puts one's place,
  • puts in place,
  • dis allowed,
  • re-pulsing,
  • keep at distance,
  • puts ones place,
  • keep bay,
  • re-buff,
  • kept a distance,
  • keeping a distance,
  • keep at arm length,
  • dis-regard,
  • re-pulses,
  • put ones place,
  • passing up,
  • pushed back,
  • putting in ones place,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keeps bay,
  • put in ones place,
  • keeps arm length,
  • re-buffing,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • dis-allowed,
  • putting ones place,
  • re fused,
  • pushes back,
  • dis missed,
  • keeping distance,
  • puts in ones place,
  • puts one place,
  • puts in one's place,
  • lashed out at,
  • lashing out at,
  • fended off,
  • kept at arms length,
  • de-clines,
  • putting one place,
  • pushing back,
  • putting one's place,
  • de cline,
  • re-buffs,
  • re-pulsed,
  • kept at a distance,
  • dis regarding,
  • put one place,
  • keeping bay,
  • dis regard,
  • puts in one place,
  • re-fused,
  • keep arm length,
  • passes up,
  • keeps arms length,
  • re fuse,
  • re pulses,
  • dis-allowing,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • kept bay,
  • dis-courage,
  • beating off,
  • lashes out at,
  • dis courage,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-missed,
  • puts place,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keeping at bay,
  • putting place,
  • keeps at distance,
  • re buff,
  • keep arms length,
  • kept at distance,
  • dis-regards,
  • re-fuse,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • kept arm length,
  • keeping arm length,
  • putting in place,
  • beats off,
  • dis-courages,
  • re buffs,
  • putting in one's place,
  • re-buffed,
  • re fuses,
  • dis-regarding,
  • re buffed,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • dis-regarded,
  • kept at arm length,
  • kept distance,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis regarded,
  • put place,
  • keeping at arm length.
  •rebuke (verb)
  • jumped down throat,
  • sounding off,
  • climbed all over,
  • jumps on,
  • jumping down one throat,
  • jumped down one throat,
  • jump down one throat,
  • jumps down one's throat,
  • climbed over,
  • jumping down throat,
  • climbing over,
  • jumps down one throat,
  • lay in to,
  • jump down ones throat,
  • carping on,
  • jumps down throat,
  • jumps down ones throat,
  • carped on,
  • went after,
  • jumped down ones throat,
  • carps on,
  • climbs all over,
  • leaned on,
  • leant on,
  • climbing all over,
  • sounds off,
  • jumped down one's throat,
  • leans on,
  • jumping down ones throat,
  • jumping down one's throat,
  • climbs over,
  • jumping on.
  •reprimand (verb)
  • gave the dickens,
  • giving dickens,
  • light in to,
  • lit into,
  • gave dickens,
  • lowers boom,
  • lighting in to,
  • lights into,
  • lights in to,
  • lowering the boom,
  • lighted in to,
  • lowered boom,
  • lowers the boom,
  • lit in to,
  • lowered the boom,
  • gives dickens,
  • lighting into,
  • lowering boom,
  • gives the dickens,
  • give dickens,
  • giving the dickens,
  • lighted into.
  •scold (verb)
  • gives a talkingto,
  • re criminated,
  • give talking-to,
  • giving talking-to,
  • give talkingto,
  • gave talking-to,
  • gave a talking-to,
  • ex-postulate,
  • laid down the law,
  • re-criminated,
  • ex-postulating,
  • ex-postulates,
  • gives talking to,
  • kept aft,
  • ex postulated,
  • laying down the law,
  • objurates,
  • gives talking-to,
  • laid down law,
  • gave a talkingto,
  • recriminated,
  • keeping aft,
  • re-probates,
  • ex-postulated,
  • lay down law,
  • giving talkingto,
  • laying down law,
  • re-criminate,
  • re-criminates,
  • giving a talking to,
  • re criminating,
  • gave a talking to,
  • give talking to,
  • re-probate,
  • gives a talking to,
  • keeps aft,
  • lays down law,
  • re probate,
  • re-criminating,
  • re probating,
  • re criminates,
  • give a talkingto,
  • ex postulating,
  • giving talking to,
  • ex postulates,
  • re criminate,
  • gives a talking-to,
  • gives talkingto,
  • giving a talkingto,
  • objurating,
  • gave talking to,
  • ex postulate,
  • gave talkingto,
  • re-probated,
  • objurated,
  • giving a talking-to,
  • recriminates.
  •tell off (verb)
  • give tongue-lashing.
  •upbraid (verb)
  • up-braiding,
  • up braids,
  • up braided,
  • up braid,
  • up-braided,
  • up-braid,
  • up braiding,
  • up-braids.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • huff,
  • fulminate,
  • add,
  • bitch out,
  • hector,
  • whale at,
  • castigate,
  • come down on,
  • maul,
  • deprecate,
  • flay,
  • revile,
  • rip into,
  • land on,
  • bite back,
  • cuss out,
  • vilify.
  •
  • tear into,
  • zing,
  • growl,
  • ream,
  • crucify.
  •
  • pan,
  • snap,
  • slam,
  • carpet,
  • hit out,
  • take apart,
  • trash,
  • lash out,
  • roast.
  •
  • storm,
  • snarl,
  • slaughter,
  • hammer.
  •
  • rave.
  •
  • go for.
  •
  • blast.
  •
  • get off.
  •bawl out
  • have words.
  •berate
  • reviled,
  • blistered,
  • give hell,
  • reproach,
  • tongue lash,
  • jumped over,
  • jump over.
  •chew out
  • wigging,
  • wigged,
  • carpeting,
  • carpeted.
  •confront
  • stand to,
  • come against,
  • Fronting,
  • go against,
  • go one on one,
  • faced up to,
  • stood up to,
  • standing to.
  •dress down
  • Reaming,
  • Reamed,
  • Railed,
  • rail.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Keelhaul,
  • punish,
  • fulminate against,
  • give it to,
  • penalize,
  • trim,
  • call to account,
  • slate,
  • chasten,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • give the business,
  • chew,
  • reprove,
  • vituperate,
  • let have it,
  • skin,
  • skin alive,
  • tell,
  • rake over the coals,
  • enumerate,
  • sail into,
  • blow up,
  • bring to book,
  • haul over the coals,
  • remonstrate with,
  • correct,
  • mind,
  • lace into.

Antonyms for Tell off:

• v.

  • admonish
    commend, approve, extol, flatter, laud, applaud.
  • berate
    hail.
  • censure
    sanction, permit, endorse, allow.
  • confront
    back down.
  • face
    withdraw, run, retreat, hide.
  • tell off
    praise, compliment.