DICTOMETER

DRESS DOWN

(dress down)

1. Synonyms:
   • Call on the carpet
   • Take to task
   • Rebuke
   • Rag
   • Trounce
   • Reproof
   • Lecture
   • Reprimand
   • Jaw
   • Dress down
   • Call down
   • Scold
   • Chide
   • Berate
   • Bawl out
   • Remonstrate
   • Chew out
   • Chew up
   • Have words
   • Lambaste
   • Lambast
   Definitions:
   • censure severely or angrily
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Dress down
   • Underdress
   Definitions:
   • dress informally and casually
   Examples:
   • On Fridays, employees can underdress