dressing-down

a harsh scolding. The boss gave the entire sales crew a powerful dressing-down for missing their forecast.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yehoram	-	Biblical Hebrew
Lyle	[lail]
Ngozi	-	Western African, Igbo
Bamforth	['bæmfəθ]
Antonella	-	Italian
Reeves	[ri:vz]