Definitions for: Dress Down


[v] put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
[v] censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic



Synonyms: bawl out, berate, chew out, chew up, chide, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce, underdress

Antonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up

See Also: brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, criticise, criticize, dress, get dressed, objurgate, pick apart, tell off

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