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dresses down

VERB

scold

Synonyms

WEAK

bawl out berate carpet castigate censure chew out lash rail rake over coals ream rebuke reprimand reprove tear into tell off tongue-lash upbraid

Antonyms

WEAK

compliment flatter praise

Example Sentences

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Her supervisor, played by Nicole Kidman, dresses down generals in the situation room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Wintour tells me she only brought one or two suitcases with her to London and she won’t be drawn on whether she dresses down when she’s at home in the US.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

He is quoting a scene from the World War II series “Band of Brothers” in which an officer dresses down a soldier who hid from battle.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2021

He dresses down an elderly nun for greeting him with a kiss and takes the name Pius XIII, a callback to a more traditional era in the church.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2017

I’ve sent two dresses down to the Wellington Dye Works to be dyed black.

From Molly Brown's Junior Days by Speed, Nell