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dress down

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Synonyms & Antonyms of dress down

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance

Synonyms for dress down

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

Words Related to dress down

admonish,
chide,
remonstrate (with),
reprove

abuse,
assail,
attack,
bad-mouth,
blame,
blast,
censure,
condemn,
criticize,
crucify,
denounce,
dis
(also diss)
[slang],
excoriate,
fault,
harangue,
knock,
lace (into),
lash,
pan,
reprehend,
revile,
scourge,
slam,
vituperate

belittle,
disparage,
mock,
put down

ridicule,
scoff,
scorn

Phrases Synonymous with dress down

lay into,
read the riot act (to),
take to task

Near Antonyms for dress down

approve,
endorse
(also indorse),
sanction

extol
(also extoll),
laud,
praise

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Thesaurus Entries Near dress down

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