Synonyms of dressing-down
40 similar words
Another word for dressing-down is criticism. Other synonyms of dressing-down are stricture, animadversion, criticization, whopping and flogging.
Synonyms and similar words for dressing-down
nounA reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.
- handbaggingA verbal attack or criticism.
- strictureA sternly critical remark or review.
- hiding
- going overA sound thrashing, beating.
- animadversionA criticism, a critical remark.
- criticismA critical observation or detailed examination and review.
- criticizationA criticism.
- critique
- slam
- ass beating slang, vulgarA very brutal and violent experience.
- ass kicking slang, vulgar
- battering
- beatdown slang
- beating
- boom-boom figuratively, slang
- clobberingA beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
- drubbing
- dusting
- floggingInfliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
- kicking
- lacing
- lammingA beating.
- larrupingA beating; a thrashing.
- leatheringA beating.
- licking
- pasting
- pummelingA beating.
- shellac
- shoeing
- smackdown slangA significant or humiliating setback or defeat; a beating, a thrashing.
- thrashing
- thumping
- thwackingThe action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
- warming
- whaling
- whipping
- whoppingA beating.
- whupping
- wiping
- loundering archaicA beating.
Meaning of dressing-down
- noun A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.
Questions about synonyms of dressing-down
- What is another word for dressing-down?
- Dressing-down has 40 synonyms on Word.ws, such as criticism, stricture, animadversion, criticization, whopping, flogging, pummeling and lamming.
- What does dressing-down mean?
- Dressing-down means a reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.
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