Analysis Complete

dress down

/ dress down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
Opposites:
dress up fig out fig up deck up gussy up
Type of:
dress get dressed
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
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"
Type of:
knock criticize criticise
Kinds of:
chastise castigate objurgate chasten correct
Derived:
chiding scolding objurgation tongue-lashing scold
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
41%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

dress get dressed dress up fig out fig up deck up gussy up knock criticize criticise chastise castigate