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Antonyms for rap on knuckles
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
Definition of rap on knuckles
- As in criticism : noun verbal disapproval
- As in admonish : verb warn, strongly criticize
Synonyms for rap on knuckles
- advise
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bad press
- berate
- blast
- brickbats
- Bronx cheer
- call down
- call on the carpet
- carping
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- check
- chide
- come down hard on
- counsel
- critical remarks
- cut
- denunciation
- ding
- disparagement
- draw the line
- enjoin
- exhort
- faultfinding
- flak
- forewarn
- give a going over
- give a piece of one's mind
- glue
- growl
- hit
- hoist
- jack up
- knock
- nit-picking
- notice
- objection
- opprobrium
- pan
- panning
- put down
- quibble
- rap
- rap on knuckles
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproof
- reprove
- roast
- scold
- sit on
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- speak to
- static
- stricture
- swipe
- talk to
- tell a thing or two
- tell off
- upbraid
- vitriol
- warn
- zapper
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