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PRONUNCIATION OF DRESSING-DOWN

dressing-down play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRESSING-DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dressing-Down is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRESSING-DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dressing-down in the English dictionary

The definition of dressing-down in the dictionary is a severe scolding or thrashing.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRESSING-DOWN

dresser
dressguard
dressier
dressiest
dressily
dressiness
dressing
dressing case
dressing gown
dressing room
dressing station
dressing table
dressing table set
dressing-up
dressings
dressmake
dressmaker
dressmaking
dressy
dressy casual

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRESSING-DOWN

broken-down
button-down
close-down
down
lie-down
low-down
one-down
pull-down
put-down
right-down
run-down
scaled-down
sit-down
step-down
stripped-down
top-down
trickle-down
up-and-down
upside-down
warm-down
watered-down

Synonyms and antonyms of dressing-down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dressing-down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRESSING-DOWN

Find out the translation of dressing-down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dressing-down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dressing-down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

更衣室下降
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rapapolvo
570 millions of speakers

English

dressing-down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ड्रेसिंग डाउन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خلع الملابس إلى أسفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выговор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reprimenda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোষাক খুলে ফেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réprimande
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpakaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anschnauzer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドレッシングダウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드레싱 다운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sandhangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mặc quần áo xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிரஸ்ஸிங் கீழே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रेसिंग डाउन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azarlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dressing -down
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dressing -down
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

догану
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dressing - jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dressing - κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleedkamer -down
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dressing - down
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dressing -down
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dressing-down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSING-DOWN»

The term «dressing-down» is regularly used and occupies the 62.568 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSING-DOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dressing-down

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRESSING-DOWN»

Discover the use of dressing-down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dressing-down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Body Dressing
Exploring gender, photography, cultural history and modernity, this title examines the way in which the dress acts on the body and is integral to our experience of embodiment.
Joanne Entwistle, Elizabeth B. Wilson, 2001
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Dressing Down: Modernism, Masculinity, and the Men's ...
Abstract Dressing Down: Modernism, Masculinity, and California Men's Leisurewear, 1930-1960 by William Ramsey Scott Doctor of Philosophy in History University of California, Berkeley Professor Paula S. Fass, Chair This dissertation links ...
William Ramsey Scott, 2007
3
British Cultural Identities
... dress codes are obviously crucial keys to understanding how the lines are drawn between different identities in Britain. After all, the way that we dress can serve Youth culture and style 145 Going out: 'dressing up and dressing down'
Mike Storry, Peter Childs, 2002
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The Body in the Library
Lesley Ferris (London & New York: Routledge, 1993): 23. which 'cultural cross- dressing' in post-colonial drama destabilizes and 'redresses' the JOANNE TOMPKINS Dressing Up/Dressing Down: Cultural Transvestism in Post-Colonial Drama.
Leigh Dale, Simon Ryan, 1998
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Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine ...
Rainey, “Sumptuary Legislation,” 1:146–47. 20. He had the authority to apprehend and interview the violator and write a citation to appear in court, where the lawbreaker would be fined and brought to justice. Rainey, “Dressing Down,” p. 221.
Carole Collier Frick, 2011
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Cape Cod Summers
Still avoiding coats and ties is precisely why I live in California where dressing up is comfortably dressing down. California where dressing up is comfortably dressing down. California where dressing up is comfortably dressing down. California ...
Paul Vaughn, 2003
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Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective
But why should this be? Santayana claimed: Hypatia vol. 5, no. 2 (Summer 1990) © by Karen Hanson Beauty is a value, ... it is an emotion, an Dressing Down Dressing Up: The Philosophic Fear of Fashion Karen Hanson.
Hilde Hein, Carolyn C. Korsmeyer, 1993
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cemetery
Chandrika sits down. This is getting unreal. If opposite is other side, what happened to 'not'? Real sambol, this English business. Someone stands up. 'In newspaper back page have funny word. Dressing down. What sir is this dressing down?
Carl Muller, 1995
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Nothing in Itself: Complexions of Fashion
... ineluctably, dressing up or dressing down, fashion was a form of presumption, or sometimes, too, an imaginative degradation. We know that in the Renaissance presumption might lead to degradation, but in a later period the dynamic might, ...
Herbert Blau, 1999
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Judith Butler in Conversation: Analyzing the Texts and Talk ...
Robert Payne: I was thinking that perhaps dressing down is dressing up or is maybe not the same kind of movement, but the same kind of performance. Because, you know, I was going to ask Jonathan whether dressing was the same as ...
Bronwyn Davies, 2013

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRESSING-DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dressing-down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Besides 31-year sentence for murder, man gets dressing-down from …
Murder defendant Angel Venegas, center, listens as Yakima County Prosecutor Jared Boswell, left, speaks at Venegas' sentencing in the ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
2
Why Bill Cosby defender Whoopi Goldberg champions lost causes
In 2009, Goldberg defended Christian Bale after a tape surfaced of the actor giving a profane dressing-down to a crew member on the set of ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
UNICORNS CHAMPIONSHIP: Wiltshire grit thrills Shardlow
WILTSHIRE team boss Neil Shardlow saluted his players for responding to his dressing room dressing-down to grab a dramatic Unicorns ... «Wiltshire Times, Jul 15»
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RAMBLINGS: Send A Note To The Ultimate Alpha
As a senior he was a very acceptable short stop, and the dressing-down may have been a part of that. Kids were derided for not wearing ... «thejournal-news.net, Jul 15»
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5 proven ways to reduce your stress right now
A rough commute, a disastrous work presentation, or a dressing-down from a boss can be all it takes to get our stress hormones pumping on a ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
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When RCB's Mandeep Singh got a dressing-down from Yuvraj Singh
But Yuvi bhai called me and gave me a severe dressing-down (Yuvraj plays for DD, but is Mandeep's teammate in Ranji Trophy). He told me he ... «The Indian Express, May 15»

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