All dress down synonyms

verb dress down

• bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• carpet — A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor or a staircase.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
• rail — any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
• tear into — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
• tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold