English Explanatory Dictionary

dressing down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of dress down
noun
  1. A sustained rebuke or censure.

Word forms

dressing down dressing downs

Synonyms

going over lecture sermon berating browbeating chiding chockling correption dirdum down the banks dressing down jawing objurgation rixation scolding throughgoing
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