Textual thesaurus for "dress down"

(verb) underdress

dress informally and casually

On Fridays, employees can underdress

(verb) call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rag, rebuke, scold, take to task, trounce, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, jaw, berate, bawl out

censure severely or angrily

The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup