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What is another word for dressing down?

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Noun

Strong criticism or antagonism

A severe criticism, scolding, reprimand, or punishment

The act of vituperating

(idiomatic) Present participle for to admonish or scold

Present participle for to dress casually or informally

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Noun

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Strong criticism or antagonism

rap over the knuckles

character assassination

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Noun

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A severe criticism, scolding, reprimand, or punishment

eat the head off someone

rap over the knuckles

being put in one's place

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Noun

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The act of vituperating

offense^US

offence^UK

character assassination

rap over the knuckles

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Verb

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(idiomatic) Present participle for to admonish or scold

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

giving someone a bollocking

lacing to

letting someone have it

hauling over the coals

having a go at

giving someone a caning

calling down

coming down on

giving someone a row

giving someone a wigging

giving someone some stick

reading the riot act

taking to task

giving someone a mouthful

rapping over the knuckles

giving a rocket

giving a talking-to

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone hell

putting on the mat

tearing off a strip

giving someone a rating

giving someone what for

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

raking over the coals

pummelling^UK

giving a piece of one's mind

denigrating

maligning

trashing

jumping down one's throat

running down

pulling to pieces

slapping someone's wrist

calling on the carpet

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

casting aspersions on

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

checking

finding fault

taking to the woodshed

calling over the coals

giving a bad press to

doing down

picking to pieces

taking to pieces

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

telling a thing or two

trouncing

tearing to shreds

stigmatising^UK

passing strictures upon

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

throwing brickbats at

calling to account

leaning on

execrating

giving someone a bad press

reprimanding severely

exprobrating

sorting out

giving tongue-lashing

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

threaping

giving a tongue-lashing

jumping down someone's throat

taunting

having someone on the carpet

criticizing hatefully

shouting at

giving one hell

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

meting out punishment to

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

dishonoring^US

expressing disapproval of

counseling^US

coming down on like a ton of bricks

counselling^UK

rejecting

declaiming against

giving something a bad press

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

penalizing^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

giving a bad name

bringing into disrepute

debasing

spreading lies about

throwing mud at

doing a hatchet job on

sullying the reputation of

demonizing^US

dumping on

blackening the reputation of

demonising^UK

conducting a smear campaign against

dragging through the mud

blackening the name of

cursing

taking disciplinary action against

putting on the carpet

penalising^UK

jumping on one's case

shooting down

starting on

going for the jugular

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

trash-talking

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

delivering a tirade to

reviewing unfavorably

bringing under fire

jeering at

giving something a battering

protesting strongly at

putting up a fight against

remonstrating about

disagreeing violently with

kicking up

making a fuss about

kicking against

complaining vociferously about

taking great exception to

speaking out against

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

taking a stand against

making a stand against

raising objections to

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“Lacalle was waiting for them at Azuqueca, ready to dress them down for being twenty minutes late.”

Verb

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Present participle for to dress casually or informally

dressing informally

dressing casually

slobbing around

“She opted to dress down for the event, wearing skinny black jeans and a knitted top.”

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