| 单词 | dress someone down |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) He dressed them down in public. Synonyms reprimand He was reprimanded by a teacher. rebuke They have been seriously rebuked. scold If he finds out, he'll scold me. berate Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. castigate She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. tear into (informal) tell off (informal) read the riot act reprove Women were reproved if they did not wear hats. upbraid Eleanor upbraided him for things he'd left undone. slap on the wrist carpet (informal) bawl out (informal) rap over the knuckles haul over the coals chew out (US, Canadian, informal) tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal) give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of berate Definition to scold harshly Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. Synonyms scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, blast, carpet (informal), put down, criticize, slate (informal, British), censure, castigate, revile, chide, harangue, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), rail at, flame (informal), diss (slang), read the riot act to, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), vituperatein the sense of castigate Definition to find fault with or reprimand (a person) harshly She castigated him for having no intellectual interests. Synonyms reprimand, blast, carpet (informal), flame (informal), put down, criticize, lash, slate (informal, British), censure, rebuke, scold, berate, dress down (informal), chastise, chasten, tear into (informal), diss (slang), read the riot act, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, haul over the coals (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal) in the sense of rebuke Definition to scold sternly They have been seriously rebuked. Synonyms scold, censure, reprimand, reproach, blame, lecture, carpet (informal), berate, tick off (informal), castigate, chide, dress down (informal), admonish, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), take to task, read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, bawl out (informal), haul (someone) over the coals (informal), chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), reprehend, chew (someone's) ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang) Nearby words of |
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