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taken to taskphrasepast participle of take to task to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality ofHe took his rival to task during the TV interview. blamed, censured, condemned, criticized, denounced, dispraised, dissed(slang), faulted, knocked, panned, reprehended, slagged(chiefly British) skewered, tweakedassailed, attacked, blasted, clobbered, slammed, slashednicked (at), sniped (at)beefed, bellyached, bitched, carped, caviled(or cavilled), complained, crabbed, croaked, fussed, griped, groused, growled, grumbled, kicked, kvetched, moaned, murmured, muttered, niggled, quibbled, whinedadmonished, chid(or chidden or chided), drubbed, rebuked, reprimanded, reproached, reprovedberated, castigated, crucified, excoriated, flayed, gibbeted, hammered, keelhauled, lambasted, lashed, pilloried, scolded, upbraidedbad-mouthed, belittled, decried, derided, discommended, disparaged, put down come down hard (on), found fault (with) extolled, lauded, praised approved, commended, endorsed(also indorsed), recommended, sanctioned to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsHe took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown. basted, bawled out, berated, called down, castigated, chastised, chewed out, dressed down, flayed, hammered, jawed, keelhauled, lambasted, lectured, ragged, railed (at or against), ranted (at), rated, reamed (out), rebuked, reprimanded, reproached, scolded, scored, tongue-lashed, upbraided admonished, chid(or chidden or chided), remonstrated (with), reprovedabused, assailed, attacked, bad-mouthed, blamed, blasted, censured, condemned, criticized, crucified, denounced, dissed(slang), excoriated, faulted, harangued, knocked, laced (into), lashed, panned, reprehended, reviled, scourged, slammed, vituperatedbelittled, disparaged, mocked, put downridiculed, scoffed, scorned laid into, read the riot act (to) approved, endorsed(also indorsed), sanctionedextolled, lauded, praised |