EARFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does earful mean? 

• EARFUL (noun)
  The noun EARFUL has 2 senses:

1. an outpouring of gossip

2. a severe scolding

  Familiarity information: EARFUL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EARFUL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An outpouring of gossip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("earful" is a kind of...):

comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A severe scolding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bawling out; castigation; chewing out; dressing down; earful; going-over; upbraiding

Hypernyms ("earful" is a kind of...):

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)