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Definition of Dressing down
1. Noun. A severe scolding.
Generic synonyms: Rebuke, Reprehension, Reprimand, Reproof, Reproval
Derivative terms: Castigate, Upbraid
Definition of Dressing down
1. Verb. (present participle of dress down) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressing Down
Literary usage of Dressing down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Spherical hard stone hammers (6) were held in the hand for dressing down granite.
... Flint scrapers were used in dressing down limestone sculpture in the ..."
2. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1883)
"Weight, 91 pounds. Counterweight at middle, 45 pounds. Initial bend in post before
dressing down from size 6"x6": Horizontal, —".38; vertical, —".25. i'. ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1898)
"And yet, half an hour later, as they were dressing-down, the Bank fog dropped on
them, "between fish and ... The men stopped dressing-down without a word. ..."
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