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Defenition of the word dress down

    • Defenition of the word dress down

      • To censure severely or angrily.
      • put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
      • censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
      • censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
      • dress informally and casually
      • censure severely or angrily

    Synonyms for the word dress down

      • bawl out
      • berate
      • check
      • chew out
      • chew up
      • chide
      • have words
      • jaw
      • lambast
      • lambaste
      • lecture
      • rag
      • rebuke
      • remonstrate
      • reprimand
      • reproof
      • scold
      • underdress

    Hyponyms for the word dress down

      • brush down
      • castigate
      • chasten
      • chastise
      • correct
      • objurgate
      • tell off

    Hypernyms for the word dress down

      • criticise
      • criticize
      • dress
      • get dressed
      • knock
      • pick apart

    Antonyms for the word dress down

      • attire
      • deck out
      • deck up
      • dress up
      • fancy up
      • fig out
      • fig up
      • get up
      • gussy up
      • overdress
      • prink
      • rig out
      • tog out
      • tog up
      • trick out
      • trick up

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