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 of dress down

• scold
• lecture
• reprimand
• rail (at or against)
• call down
• blame
• chew out
• criticize
• bawl out
• rant (at)

Examples of dress down in a Sentence

dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for dress down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown

Kids Definition

dress down

verb

1

: to criticize severely

2

: to dress casually