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单词 dress down
释义

dress down

verb

dressed down; dressing down; dresses down

transitive verb

: to reprove severely

intransitive verb

: to dress casually especially for reasons of fashion

Synonyms

  • baste
  • bawl out
  • berate
  • call down
  • castigate
  • chastise
  • chew out
  • flay
  • hammer
  • jaw
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lambast
  • lecture
  • rag
  • rail (at or against)
  • rant (at)
  • rate
  • ream (out)
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • scold
  • score
  • tongue-lash
  • upbraid
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Example Sentences

dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance
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Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

dress down

verb

as in to lecture
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • lecture
  • scold
  • reprimand
  • call down
  • bawl out
  • blame
  • chew out
  • lay into
  • criticize
  • rail (at or against)
  • read the riot act (to)
  • tongue-lash
  • rate
  • rant (at)
  • jaw
  • berate
  • ream (out)
  • rag
  • keelhaul
  • upbraid
  • chastise
  • attack
  • score
  • rebuke
  • admonish
  • fault
  • reproach
  • mock
  • hammer
  • flay
  • take to task
  • castigate
  • baste
  • lambaste
  • lambast
  • remonstrate (with)
  • pan
  • chide
  • slam
  • condemn
  • crucify
  • lash
  • put down
  • lace (into)
  • knock
  • abuse
  • harangue
  • blast
  • scourge
  • denounce
  • revile
  • censure
  • assail
  • reprehend
  • ridicule
  • reprove
  • vituperate
  • excoriate
  • scorn
  • belittle
  • diss
  • dis
  • disparage
  • scoff
  • bad-mouth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • approve
  • sanction
  • endorse
  • indorse
  • praise
  • laud
  • extol
  • extoll
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