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    TONGUE-LASHING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Rebuking a person harshlyplay

    Synonyms:

    chiding; objurgation; scolding; tongue-lashing

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    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"):

    wig; wigging (British slang for a scolding)

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