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dress down vs objurgate

objurgate vs dress down

dress down and objurgate both are verbs.

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

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