Phrase guide
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noun
A sustained rebuke or censure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: going over, lecture, sermon, berating, browbeating, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, dressing down, jawing, objurgation, rixation, scolding, throughgoing
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of dress down
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a severe scolding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
History
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