Synonyms for chew up
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Verb
call down, have words, dress down, take to task, lecture, jaw, chew over, rag, trounce, lambast UK, lamblast US, rebuke, reprimand, scold, berate, bawl out, chide, remonstrate, chew out slang US
Definitions
- v. 1
To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled.
The tape got chewed up in the cassette player.
Example sentences
- lecture I ought to have attended the lecture but I didn't.
- jaw I was laughing so hard I nearly dislocated my jaw.
By length
- 3 letters
- jaw1, rag1
- 5 letters
- scold1, chide1
- 6 letters
- rebuke2, berate2
- 7 letters
- lecture2, trounce1, lambast
- 8 letters
- lamblast
- 9 letters
- reprimand3
- 11 letters
- remonstrate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebuke2 = 2 syllables).