tongue-lashing meaning
MeaningMobile
- Noun: tongue-lashing 'túng`lashing
- Rebuking a person harshly
- chiding, scolding, objurgation
Derived forms: tongue-lashings
Type of: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
- Rebuking a person harshly
[American slang]
n. A sharp scolding or criticism. Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets.
Synonym: PIECE OF ONE'S MIND.
Other Languages
- "tongue-lashing" meaning in Chinese: 〔口语〕辱骂;训斥。
- "tongue-lashing" meaning in Japanese: tongue-lashing n. 厳しい叱責. 【動詞+】 ◆I got a thorough tongue-la...
- "tongue-lashing" meaning in Russian: n infml She came in for a bit of tongue-lashing from h...
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