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Wiktionary

  1. v. To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, direct way.
  2. v. this sense?) To count (members of a sequence), to enumerate.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. reprimand.

Examples

  • “She'd love to tell off those creatures of Sea Attle.”

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. give somebody what-for
  1. reprehend
  1. give somebody a piece of one's mind
  1. read somebody the riot act
  1. scold

hypernyms (21)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. call down
  2. lecture
  3. reproof
  4. trounce
  1. lambaste
  2. chew out
  3. berate
  4. call on the carpet
  1. dress down
  2. have words
  3. chew up
  4. jaw
  1. bawl out
  2. take to task
  3. remonstrate
  4. rag
  1. lambast
  2. chide
  3. reprimand
  4. rebuke
  1. scold

reverse dictionary (8)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. enumerate
  1. foist
  1. run
  1. jar
  1. detail
  1. Altdorf
  1. tell
  1. bead

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