The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCOLD , but the solution may also be YELL AT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Dress down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCOLD | 31 % | 5 |
| BERATE | 27 % | 6 |
| CHIDE | 6 % | 5 |
| BASTE | 5 % | 5 |
| REPROVE | 5 % | 7 |
| CHASTISE | 3 % | 8 |
| REBUKE | 3 % | 6 |
| OBJURGATE | 3 % | 9 |
| REAMOUT | 2 % | 7 |
| LAMBASTE | 2 % | 8 |
| GIVETHEBUSINESS | 2 % | 15 |
| TEARINTO | 2 % | 8 |
| CRITICIZE | 2 % | 9 |
| STRAFE | 2 % | 6 |
| ABUSE | 2 % | 5 |
| YELL AT | 2 % | 7 |
| TONGUELASH | 2 % | 10 |
| YELLAT | 2 % | 6 |
| SAILINTO | 2 % | 8 |
Why may YELL-AT be the right solution?
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Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dress down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lambaste
- chide
- berate
- chew out
- reprimand
- rebuke
- reproof
- have words
- remonstrate
- bawl out
- underdress
- rag
Crossword Answer definitions
SCOLD verb- To burn with hot liquid.
- To heat almost to boiling.
- A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- To rebuke angrily.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SCOLD
- Dress down
- Give a talking-to to
- Read the riot act to
- Give somebody the business
- Rake over the coals
- Give a tongue-lashing
- Virago
- Chide
- Wag an index at
- Upbraid
More clues leading to the result BERATE
- Take to task
- Tear into
- Scold
- Chew out
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Dress down
- Tell off big-time
- Assail verbally
- Put down
- Chide
More clues leading to the result CHIDE
- Reproach
- Scold
- Admonish
- Reprimand
- Tsk-tsk
- Call on the carpet
- Censure severely
- Find fault
- Reprimand mildly
- Scold mildly
More clues leading to the result BASTE
- Butter the Butterball
- Sew loosely
- Moisten the roast
- Pound placed in your ear (5)
- Prepare a roast
- Sew loosely (5)
- Work on the turkey
- Put in stitches
- Sew for the nonce
- Put loose stitches in
More clues leading to the result REPROVE
More clues leading to the result CHASTISE
- Criticize sharply
- Discipline
- Punish
- Criticize severely
- Chew out
- Censure
- Let have it
- Dress down
- Castigate.
- Apply the paddle
More clues leading to the result REBUKE
More clues leading to the result OBJURGATE
More clues leading to the result REAMOUT
- Excoriate severely
- Scold harshly
- Scold severely, in slang
- Tear into
- Come down hard on
- Read the riot act
- Berate
- Scold severely
- Clean a pipe
- Excoriate
More clues leading to the result LAMBASTE
More clues leading to the result GIVETHEBUSINESS
More clues leading to the result TEARINTO
- Attack
- Attack unrestrainedly
- Attack violently
- Make a vigorous start
- Verbally assault
- Scold harshly
- Impulsively attack
- Rip verbally
- Attack verbally
- Have at
More clues leading to the result CRITICIZE
More clues leading to the result STRAFE
- Low-flying attack
- Punishment (German)
- Rake with fire
- Shoot from above
- Shoot from high above
- Attack by plane
- Fire from an aircraft
- Punish, in Dresden
- Shoot at from a plane
- Attack from above
More clues leading to the result ABUSE
- Badmouth
- Willful destruction
- Take for granted
- Maltreatment
- Bad treatment
- Treat harmfully
- Battery, e.g.
- Mistreatment
- Mistreat
- Treat scandalously
More clues leading to the result YELL AT
More clues leading to the result TONGUELASH
More clues leading to the result YELLAT
- Reprimand loudly
- Shout towards
- Vituperate
- Rip a new one
- Scold bigtime
- Berate loudly
- Reprimand
- Abuse verbally
- Attack vocally
- Dress down loudly, e.g.