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• to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse, (
); Even though he was mocked to criticism and pilloried, he maintained
that he was correct in his beliefs;
• (bait)- food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc,
( , );
• to attract, tempt, or captivate,( );
• to tease,( / ); For
the common people the bait is their love of liberty. — Biblical Evidence for
Catholicism;
• (belabor)- to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or
more than is necessary; I saw no reason to belabor the Freudian system with
criticism when the errors could have been apparent to any man on the street
whose mind was open to human realities. — A Renegade Psychiatrist's Story;
• to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule;
• (rail)- to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation, (
/ ); If I had railed, I might have suffered for it justly; but I
managed my own work more happily, perhaps more dexterously. — The
Dramatic Works of John Dryden;
• (inveigh)- to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail,
( / / ); Sometimes he would
even inveigh against her, and call her a fickle, ungrateful girl, capable of no
strong passion but vanity. — A Simpleton;
• (fulminate)- to explode with a loud noise; detonate;
• to issue denunciations or the like, ( /
); The concert fulminated when the Jonas Brothers came out on stage;
• (wig)- to scold or censure;
• (upbraid)- to find fault with or reproach severely; censure, ( /
, ); I was beginning to grow tender, and
to upbraid myself, especially after having dreamt two nights ago that I was
with you. — Life of Johnson;
• (berate)- to scold; rebuke, ( ); Once in a while he'd stop
short and berate the chairs. — The World's Great Men of Music;
• (brawl out)- to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out;
• (stoic)- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach, ( ,
); He began to chide, and the stranger, with a glance she could not erase
from her recollection, disappeared. — Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2);