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Meanings of
dressing down
in English
Catalan
andanada
Spanish
reprobación
Back to the meaning
A severe scolding.
upbraiding
earful
castigation
bawling out
chewing out
going-over
Catalan
andanada
Synonyms
Examples for "
upbraiding
"
upbraiding
earful
castigation
bawling out
chewing out
Examples for "
upbraiding
"
1
The letter went on for some time in the same
upbraiding
strain.
2
Pleyel was not the only object of my keen but unjust
upbraiding
.
3
His recent sullen silence was now changed to open and rebellious
upbraiding
.
4
M. de la Pailletine stamped and swore,
upbraiding
them for their cowardice.
5
The tone in which this was said had something in it of
upbraiding
.
1
Your brother has already given me an
earful
of contempt today, Tala.
2
But when these institutions fail to do so, they get an
earful
.
3
Dat peter-boy we meets at Quincy slips me an
earful
about him.
4
His race ended with Carpenter giving him an
earful
about safe driving.
5
He'd got an
earful
from someone, probably over on the lot.
1
Once in a hundred years the Lord brought a
castigation
upon him.
2
A man could bear hate, abuse, anger, and
castigation
;
but pity, never.
3
Oh the
castigation
I received from the Jockey Club on that account!
4
She had delighted in the encounter; so, in spite of
castigation
,
had he.
5
But the pain inflicted was to disappear with the first
castigation
.
1
She was
bawling
out
of control by the time she'd finished dressing.
2
The Halle mail drove up to the door, the guard
bawling
out
for his passenger.
3
Then he puts his slave boy to
bawling
out
:
4
There is a fellow
bawling
out
a ditty in the street, the burthen of which is
5
Mr. Booth was
bawling
out
in the street.
1
I was lucky to avoid a
chewing
out
for my late return.
2
Or are you afraid of something more serious than a
chewing
out
?
3
General Flood looked like a football coach
chewing
out
his team at halftime.
4
While Athena was occupied
chewing
out
the crowd, Arachne struggled to her feet.
5
Man, she was
chewing
out
that girl in the yellow vest something fierce.
Usage of
dressing down
in English
1
Far forward sounded the cries of men
dressing
down
the head sheets.
2
After a
dressing
down
from Brown, Mukarji said two things to me.
3
Some day I'll give you a good
dressing
down
for your impudence.
4
Stuff a' nonsense all this set out, dressing up and
dressing
down
.
5
I suspect he received a severe
dressing
down
from the politicians.
6
Mallory's cheeks still burned from the
dressing
down
they'd given her.
7
He's wearing a Fillmore East T-shirt, which is the ultimate in
dressing
down
.
8
Muttered assent crept out in the wake of the
dressing
down
.
9
Schumer went on to give him a
dressing
down
on camera.
10
She hadn't deserved the
dressing
down
he had given her.
11
And the Belarusian ambassador was summoned for a
dressing
down
.
12
Oh, it was a cruel
dressing
down
they gave me!
13
Even customers and people from other departments can hear the
dressing
down
you've been given.
14
I was given a
dressing
down
because I jumped the gun and brought him in.
15
Away forward, by the foc'sle door, Mister Lynch was engaged in
dressing
down
the Cockney.
16
Ryder had a visceral reaction to both wagging tongues and
dressing
down
subordinates in public.
Other examples for "dressing down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
dressing
down
dressing
dress
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
dressing down
Catalan
andanada
repàs
increpació
Spanish
reprobación
regaño
golpiza
bronca
recriminación
tirón de orejas
regañina
Dressing down
through the time