Synonyms for come down on
Most common
tell off dress down reprimand penalize hit light into bring down
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Tell off — to punish or criticize (someone)
tell off, dress down, reprimand, penalize, penalise UK, chastise, castigate formal, excoriate
2. Hit — to attack or harass (someone)
hit, light into, fall on, attack, set upon, fall upon, strike, lay into informal, assault, pound, assail, beset
3. Bring down — to cause melancholy in (someone)
bring down, depress, dispirit rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To punish or criticize (someone).
The company came down on him like a ton of bricks after he was found skipping work.
- v. 2
To attack or harass (someone).
- v. 3
To cause melancholy in (someone).
Related words
- Other spellings
- come down upon
Example sentences
- reprimand The boss called Tatyana into his office to reprimand her.
- penalize Algeria shouldn't penalize its poorest categories.
- hit Even after it was hit, the pole was still upright.
By length
- 3 letters
- hit1
- 5 letters
- pound1, beset2
- 6 letters
- attack2, strike1, assail2
- 7 letters
- assault2, depress2
- 8 letters
- penalize3, chastise2, penalise, dispirit
- 9 letters
- reprimand3, castigate3, excoriate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beset2 = 2 syllables).