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Synonyms for dress down in English

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dress down:
- tell off; blow a person up; scold; wig; dress down; underdress; lecture; jaw; rag; rebuke; reprimand; chide; trounce; reproof; bawl out; berate; take to task; call down; call on the carpet

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Detailed Synonyms for dress down in English

dress down:

dress down verb

dress down
to tell off
– reprimand ¹
- tell off verb (tells off, told off, telling off)
blow a person up; wig; dress down
- blow a person up verb
- wig verb
- dress down verb
to scold
– censure severely or angrily ¹
- scold verb (scolds, scolded, scolding)
  - The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car¹
dress down

– dress informally and casually ¹
dress down; underdress
– dress informally and casually ¹
- dress down verb
- underdress verb
  - On Fridays, employees can underdress¹
dress down

– censure severely or angrily ¹
lecture; to jaw; to rag; to scold; to rebuke; to reprimand; to chide; to trounce; reproof; dress down; to bawl out; berate; take to task; call down; call on the carpet
– censure severely or angrily ¹
- lecture verb
- jaw verb (jaws, jawed, jawing)
- rag verb (rags, ragged, ragging)
  - The deputy ragged the Prime Minister¹
- scold verb (scolds, scolded, scolding)
  - The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car¹
- rebuke verb (rebukes, rebuked, rebuking)
- reprimand verb (reprimands, reprimanded, reprimanding)
- chide verb (chides, chided, chiding)
- trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
- reproof verb
- dress down verb
- bawl out verb (bawls out, bawled out, bawling out)
- berate verb
- take to task verb
- call down verb
- call on the carpet verb

Alternate Synonyms for "dress down":

call on the carpet; take to task; rebuke; rag; trounce; reproof; lecture; reprimand; jaw; call down; scold; chide; berate; bawl out; remonstrate; chew out; chew up; have words; lambaste; lambast; knock; criticize; criticise; pick apart
underdress; dress; get dressed

Antonyms for "dress down":

dress up

Related Definitions for "dress down":

dress informally and casually¹
censure severely or angrily¹

Related Synonyms for dress down

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