Antonyms for taking task
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of taking task
- As in rebuke : verb reprimand; criticize harshly
- As in reprimand : verb blame, scold
- As in reproach : verb find fault with
- As in reprove : verb rebuke
- As in scold : verb find fault with
- As in tell off : verb reprimand; criticize harshly
- As in upbraid : verb scold
- As in bawl out : verb severely reprimand
- As in bring to book : verb call to account
- As in censure : verb condemn; criticize severely
- As in chasten : verb correct, humiliate
- As in denounce : verb condemn, attack
Synonyms for taking task
- abase
- abuse
- accuse
- adjudicate
- admonish
- afflict
- animadvert
- arraign
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- bawl out
- berate
- blacklist
- blame
- boycott
- brand
- call down
- call on the carpet
- call to task
- carp at
- carp on
- castigate
- cavil
- censure
- charge
- charge with
- chasten
- chastise
- check
- chew out
- chide
- climb all over
- come down on
- condemn
- contemn
- cow
- criticize
- curb
- cut up
- damn
- declaim
- decry
- defame
- denigrate
- denounce
- denunciate
- deprecate
- derogate
- disapprove
- discipline
- discredit
- disparage
- dress down
- excoriate
- expose
- expostulate
- exprobate
- find fault with
- finger
- fry
- fulminate against
- get after
- give a talking-to
- give comeuppance
- give piece of one's mind
- give the devil
- give the dickens
- give tongue-lashing
- go after
- hang something on
- have on the carpet
- have words
- humble
- impeach
- implicate
- impugn
- incriminate
- indict
- inveigh against
- jawbone
- judge
- jump down one's throat
- jump on
- keep aft
- knock
- lambaste
- lay down the law
- lay into
- lay on
- lean on
- lecture
- lesson
- light into
- look askance
- lower the boom
- monish
- nag
- objurate
- objurgate
- oppose
- ostracize
- pay
- penalize
- pick apart
- preach
- proscribe
- prosecute
- pull apart
- punish
- put down
- rail
- rake
- rake over the coals
- rap
- rat
- rate
- read
- read out
- read the riot act
- ream
- rebuff
- rebuke
- recriminate
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- repress
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- restrain
- revile
- rip
- rip into
- scold
- scourge
- show up
- sit on
- skin
- smear
- soften
- sound off
- stigmatize
- subdue
- take to task
- tame
- taunt
- tear apart
- tell off
- threaten
- tick off
- tongue lash
- tongue-lash
- trim
- try
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- yell at
- zap
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