Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tongue-lashing

1 sense of tongue-lashing

Sense 1
chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing -- (rebuking a person harshly)
       => 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")