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tell off
Overview of verb tell-off
The verb tell off has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. tell off, brush down -- (reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off")
Antonyms of verb tell-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tell-off
1 sense of tell off
Sense 1
tell off, brush down
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tell-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tell-off
1 sense of tell off
Sense 1
tell off, brush down
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
'Cause To' of verb tell-off
Derived Forms of verb tell-off
Domain of verb tell-off
Domain Terms of verb tell-off
Familiarity of verb tell-off
tell off used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb tell-off
1 sense of tell off
Sense 1
tell off, brush down
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb tell-off
1 sense of tell off
Sense 1
tell off, brush down
> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
=> tell off, brush down
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tell-off
Sense 1
tell off, brush down
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
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