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Synonyms for dressing-down


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dres-ing-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɛs ɪŋˈdaʊn



Définition of dressing-down

  • noun severe scolding
Example sentences :
  • "Deeper'n the Whale-deep," said Dan, with a wink, as he set the gear for dressing-down.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • That fellow I gave a dressing-down about India to up at the Pratts' there.
  • Extract from : « A Crooked Mile » by Oliver Onions
  • She must doff all gloves and give the little Doctor the dressing-down of his life.
  • Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • And because he's given the priest a dressing-down, and broken an image worth a nickel, must he be shut up in a mad-house?
  • Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
  • Coming out again, the grim and forbidding doctor ordered Jimmie into his car, and oh, what a dressing-down he did give him!
  • Extract from : « Jimmie Higgins » by Upton Sinclair
  • Furthermore, she had given Mike the Angel a dressing-down that had been quite impressive.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Perhaps you gave her such a dressing-down, Billie, that shes turned over a new leaf.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Maids' School Days » by Katherine Stokes
  • Ibbetson's wife gave him a dressing-down at tea-time for dragging Ibbetson into the row.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Perhaps it was Roy's dressing-down of that youth that prompted Tom to be more decent to him than usual.
  • Extract from : « Left Guard Gilbert » by Ralph Henry Barbour

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