lecturing

Meanings

• teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
• deliver a lecture or talk
• censure severely or angrily

Synonyms

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