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keelhaulsverbpresent tense third-person singular of keelhaul to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsthere's no need to keelhaul him—it was an honest mistake, and a small one at that bastes, bawls out, berates, calls down, castigates, chastises, chews out, dresses down, flays, hammers, jaws, lambastes(or lambasts), lectures, rags, rails (at or against), rants (at), rates, reams (out), rebukes, reprimands, reproaches, scolds, scores, tongue-lashes, upbraids admonishes, chides, remonstrates (with), reprovesabuses, assails, attacks, bad-mouths, blames, blasts, censures, condemns, criticizes, crucifies, denounces, disses(slang), excoriates, faults, harangues, knocks, laces (into), lashes, pans, reprehends, reviles, scourges, slams, vituperatesbelittles, disparages, mocks, puts downridicules, scoffs, scorns lays into, reads the riot act (to), takes to task approves, endorses(also indorses), sanctionsextols(also extolls), lauds, praises |