Synonyms for dressing down
Most common
castigation upbraiding hiding lecture sermon licking whaling stricture
All synonyms
Noun
1. Earful
going over, earful informal, castigation, upbraiding
Other
hiding, lecture, licking, whaling, sermon, stricture, jawing, handbagging UK, down the banks slang dated IE
Definitions
- n. 1
A sustained rebuke or censure.
He received a severe dressing down from the head teacher.
Related words
- Other spellings
- dressing-down
Example sentences
- hiding I know you are hiding yourself behind the curtain.
- lecture I ought to have attended the lecture but I didn't.
- sermon The vicar often refers to the Bible in his sermon.
- licking Licking is part of a cat's self-grooming routine.
By length
- 6 letters
- hiding2, sermon2, earful2, jawing
- 7 letters
- lecture2, licking2, whaling2
- 9 letters
- stricture2
- 10 letters
- upbraiding
- 11 letters
- castigation, handbagging
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hiding2 = 2 syllables).