Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun earful

2 senses of earful

Sense 1
earful -- (an outpouring of gossip)
       => gossip, comment, scuttlebutt -- (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip")

Sense 2
castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down -- (a severe scolding)
       => rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand -- (an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face")