telling-off

noun

informal

I've already had one telling off from Dad today:

reprimand, rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, lecture, criticism, censure;

informal rap, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, talking-to, dressing-down, earful, roasting, tongue-lashing, bawling-out, caning, blast, blowing up;

British, informal ticking off, carpeting, wigging, rollicking, rocket, row;

Australian, New Zealand, informal serve;

British, vulgar slang bollocking;

dated rating.

telling-off Oxford Dictionary of English