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TONGUE-LASHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tongue-lashing mean?
• TONGUE-LASHING (noun)
The noun TONGUE-LASHING has 1 sense:
1. rebuking a person harshly
Familiarity information: TONGUE-LASHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rebuking a person harshly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
chiding; objurgation; scolding; tongue-lashing
Hypernyms ("tongue-lashing" is a kind of...):
rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tongue-lashing"):
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