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dress down vs chastise

chastise vs dress down

dress down and chastise both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dress down No No Yes No
chastise No No Yes No
As verbs, chastise is a hyponym of dress down; that is, chastise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dress down:
  • dress down: censure severely or angrily
  • chastise: censure severely
Other hyponyms of dress down include castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate, brush down, tell off.
dress down (verb) chastise (verb)
dress informally and casually censure severely
censure severely or angrily
Difference between dress down and chastise

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