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Definition of Tongue-lashing
1. Noun. Rebuking a person harshly.
Generic synonyms: Rebuke, Reprehension, Reprimand, Reproof, Reproval
Specialized synonyms: Wig, Wigging
Derivative terms: Chide, Objurgate, Scold
Definition of Tongue-lashing
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of tongue lashing) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tongue-lashing
Literary usage of Tongue-lashing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... mountain — Joseph turns the tables on the Senators and administers a stinging
tongue-lashing — We leave Joseph, but do not feel very proud of ourselves. ..."
2. A Gift for Muslim Women by Muḥammad ʻĀshiq Ilāhī (2001)
"She gives some bits of cheese in charity and gives no tongue-lashing to her ...
frequently but caused distress to her neighbours by her tongue- lashing. ..."
3. Abaddon's Steam Engine, Calumny, Delineated: Being an Attempt to Stop Its by Richard Ferguson, Lover of mercy rejoicing over judgement (1817)
"... in the year of our Lord 1788, with tongue lashing force and backbiting arms,
in the county aforesaid, in and upon one patriotic stranger and foreigner ..."
4. The Bookman (1902)
"There was not a character fit to put intil a buke in his estimation unless he
was able to give a good tongue lashing at a moment's notice and as for him he ..."
5. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1921)
"... tongue-lashing from my wife!—Now to run!—To run for Vendee! Better the awful
thunder of masculine war than the piercing tenderness of a woman's tongue! ..."
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