dressing-down 
noun [in singular] informal
A severe reprimand: the secretary received a public dressing-down...
- He then gave his teammate a severe dressing-down.
- However, Landry was laid-back about the public dressing-down.
- He is the minister who was subjected to a public dressing-down not long ago regarding the conduct of economic policy.
- ligamental
- ligamentary
- ligamentous
- ligand
- ligase
- ligate
- ligation
- ligature
- liger
- Ligeti, György Sándor
- ligger
- light
- light a fire under
- light a fire under someone
- light air
- light ale
- light and shade
- light at the end of the tunnel
- Light Blue
- light box
- light breeze
- Light Brigade, Charge of the
- light bulb
- light-bulb moment
- light chain