dressing+down
1dressing-down — n [singular] an occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong give sb/get a dressing down ▪ The tobacco companies got a severe dressing down …
2dressing-down — noun give someone a dressing down to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong …
3dressing down — index diatribe, obloquy, reprimand, reproach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4dressing-down — [n] severe scolding bawlingout, castigation, chiding, lambasting, reprimand, reproach, tongue lashing, upbraiding; concepts 123,278 …
5dressing-down — ► NOUN informal ▪ a severe reprimand …
6dressing-down — [dres′iŋ doun′] n. a sound scolding …
7Dressing-down — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Dressing down (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on dressing down instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/dressing down …
8Dressing down — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Dressing down (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on dressing down instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/dressing down …
9dressing-down — /dres ing down /, n. a severe reprimand; scolding. [1860 65, Amer.; n. use (with ING1) of v. phrase dress down] * * * ˌdressing ˈdown [dressing down] noun singular ( …
10dressing-down — N SING If someone gives you a dressing down, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish. [INFORMAL] I gave him a good dressing down. Syn: telling off …
