dressing-down
noun[S]
old-fashioneduk/ˌdres.ɪŋˈdaʊn/us/ˌdres.ɪŋˈdaʊn/anactofspeakingangrilyto someone because they have done somethingwrong:
斥责,训斥Shegaveme a dressing-down for being late.她斥责我去晚了。
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- coal
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproach
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- upbraid
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