Meanings
present singular third person chews out · participle present chewing out · participle past chewed out · past chewed out
- USslangTo lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
His dad chewed him out after seeing his poor grades.
1 more example
I had trouble speaking to other people. I couldn’t think of any research ideas and lost all interest in what I was studying. One of my supervisors chewed me out for rolling my eyes at her during meetings.
2022, Devon Price, “Introduction”, in Michele Eniclerico, editor, Unmasking Autism, New York: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 2Synonyms: bawl out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
More synonyms by meaning
verbcensure severely or angrily
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French engueuler, enguirlander
- engueulerTo reprimand or rebuke
- enguirlanderTo reprimand or rebuke
- brailler surTo reprimand or rebuke
German herunterputzen, anscheißen
- herunterputzenTo reprimand or rebuke
- anscheißenTo reprimand or rebuke
Polish besztać, zbesztać
- besztaćTo reprimand or rebuke
- zbesztaćTo reprimand or rebuke
- rugaćTo reprimand or rebuke
- zrugaćTo reprimand or rebuke
Portuguese repreender, admoestar
- repreenderTo reprimand or rebuke
- admoestarTo reprimand or rebuke
- dar uma broncaTo reprimand or rebuke
- dar um esporroTo reprimand or rebuke
- dar uma mijadaTo reprimand or rebuke
Spanish armar una gorda, regañar
- armar una gordaTo reprimand or rebuke
- regañarTo reprimand or rebuke
- abroncarTo reprimand or rebuke
- putearTo reprimand or rebuke
Cite this entry
chew out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chew%20out
“chew out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chew%20out. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chew out,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chew%20out.
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