dress down
dress down
v.
underdress; dress in a way that is not formal enough for the circumstances; scold, reprimand severely; criticize severely
Casual Friday
Casual Friday (also known as
dress-down Friday or
casual day) is a Western trend, which has spread to other parts of the world, in which some business offices relax their dress code on Fridays. Some businesses that usually require employees to wear
suits,
dress shirts,
neckties, and
dress shoes allow more
casual attire on Fridays.
dress down
Verb
1. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
(synonym) call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(hyponym) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
2. put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
(synonym) underdress
(antonym) dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
(hypernym) dress, get dressed
dress down
dress in casual clothes, dress informally It's a library party, so dress down. Wear something casual.
dress down
Synonyms and related words:
call down, come down on, flax, give a dressing-down, give it to, hide, jump all over, jump on, larrup, lather, leather, lick, paddle, speak to, talk to, tan, tell off, trim, wallop, welt, whale
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.