Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dressing_down

1 sense of dressing down

Sense 1
castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down -- (a severe scolding)
       => rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand -- (an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face")

Antonyms of verb dress_down

1 of 2 senses of dress down

Sense 2
dress down, underdress -- (dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can underdress")
       Antonym of dress up (Sense 1)
      => overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out -- (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dress_down

2 senses of dress down

Sense 1
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast -- (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")
       => knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free")

Sense 2
dress down, underdress -- (dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can underdress")
       => dress, get dressed -- (put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?")