Dress down
Dress down verb - Censure severely or angrily.
Usage example: The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Lambast is a synonym for dress down. In some cases you can use "Lambast" instead a verb "Dress down".
Lambast
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lambaste and dress down
- lambaste and lambast
- trounce and dress down
- trounce and lambast
- lecture and dress down
- lecture and lambast
- castigate and dress down
- castigate and lambast
- chide and dress down
- chide and lambast
- rebuke and dress down
- rebuke and lambast
- censure and dress down
- censure and lambast
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Lambast and Dress down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dress_down/lambast
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