KEELHAULED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

keelhauled

verb

past tense of keelhaul

as in scolded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings there's no need to keelhaul him—it was an honest mistake, and a small one at that

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Kirson remembered, adding that, minutes later, the show’s production team scolded her.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
In February, a California judge reportedly scolded Meta’s own lawyers for wearing the smart glasses in court.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Definition of scolded

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She was vilified and reprimanded for ACTUALLY taking a courageous stance against men in women’s sports and spaces.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
The league reprimanded the Aces for impermissible player benefits in 2023, docking Las Vegas a 2025 first-round draft pick, so stripping more draft capital as a punishment would not have been unprecedented.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of reprimanded

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Parsipur taught at Brown University in the early 2000s and lectured internationally throughout the ensuing decades.

— News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026
Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of lectured

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The integration brought hundreds of NFL Media employees under ESPN’s umbrella, and chairman Jimmy Pitaro blamed the acquisition for the layoffs in a memo to employees Tuesday obtained by Forbes.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
This shift can’t be blamed entirely on America’s costly labor and strict regulations.

— James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

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