The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

castigation, reproach, lecture, censure, criticism, disapproval,
remonstrance, remonstration, reprehension, tongue-lashing,
Colloq dressing-down, talking-to, telling-off, ticking-off, rap
over or on the knuckles, slap on the wrist, Brit slating, US and
Canadian chewing-out, Slang Brit wigging: Brown received a
severe reprimand for violating the curfew.
--v. 2 scold, chide, reprove, rebuke, admonish, upbraid,
castigate, reproach, berate, lecture, censure, criticize, find
fault with, attack, flay (alive), reprehend, read (someone) the
riot act, slap on the wrist, rap over the knuckles, take to
task, Colloq bawl out, dress down, give a dressing-down, tell
off, tick off, haul over the coals, give (someone) a piece of
(one's) mind, Brit slate, give (someone) a row, send (someone)
away or off with a flea in his or her ear, tell (someone) a
thing or two, carpet, wig, skin (alive), US and Canadian chew
out, rake over the coals, call on the carpet, pin (someone's)
ears back: Nigel deserves to be reprimanded for what he did.
reprisal n. retaliation, revenge, retribution, redress, requital,
vengeance, repayment, recompense, vindication, getting even,
indemnity: She refused to be named because she feared
reprisals. How many hostages did they shoot in reprisal?
reproachful
adj. fault-finding, critical, censorious, disapproving,
disparaging, upbraiding, reproving, scolding, admonitory,
condemnatory, hypercritical: She was quite reproachful after
seeing what I had written about her in my book.
reprobate adj. 1 unprincipled, immoral, amoral, abandoned, depraved,
despicable, dissolute, low, low-life, base, mean, debased,
damned, accursed, cursed, degenerate, profligate, shameful,
shameless, vile, evil, wicked, villainous, sinful, irredeemable,
foul, iniquitous, reprehensible: Such reprobate behaviour soon
brought him to the attention of the church fathers.
--n. 2 scoundrel, blackguard, miscreant, rake, profligate,
rou‚, villain, wastrel, wretch, degenerate, unprincipled person,
villain, evil-doer, debauchee, libertine, good-for-nothing,
ne'er-do-well, cur, rapscallion, scamp, knave, rascal, US
low-life, Colloq scallywag or scalawag: I can't understand what
she sees in that old reprobate.