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A verbal rebuke, often severe.
The coach was so upset with his team after they lost that he gave them an hour-long tongue-lashing.
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tongue lashing — tongue lashings N COUNT If someone gives you a tongue lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. [INFORMAL] After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group … English dictionary
tongue-lashing — If you give someone a tongue lashing, you scold them … The small dictionary of idiomes
tongue-lashing — index denunciation, diatribe, malediction, obloquy, phillipic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tongue-lashing — tongue ,lashing noun count INFORMAL an occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tongue-lashing — ► NOUN ▪ a loud or severe scolding … English terms dictionary
tongue-lashing — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim s mother gave him a tongue lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms
tongue-lashing — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim s mother gave him a tongue lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms
tongue-lashing — n. 1) to give smb. a (good) tongue lashing 2) to get, receive a tongue lashing * * * receive a tongue lashing to get to give smb. a (good) tongue lashing … Combinatory dictionary
tongue-lashing — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tongue lashing : singular tongue lashing plural tongue lashings informal an occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong … English dictionary
tongue-lashing — When you scold someone severely, you give them a tongue lashing. The teacher gave Jeremy a tongue lashing when arrived late for school … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
