comeuppance
[ kuhm-uhp-uh ns ]
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR COMEUPPANCE
You young smart Alecks will get your comeuppance, muttered the man.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR COMEUPPANCE
downfall
noundisgrace, ruindue
nounexpected rewardhumiliation
nounembarrassmentjust deserts
nounvirtue triumphing over vice- comeuppance
- desert
- deserts
- dose of one's own medicine
- dueness
- meed
- punishment
- reward
- what is due
- what is merited
- what's coming to one
punishment
nounpenalty- abuse
- amercement
- beating
- castigation
- chastening
- chastisement
- comeuppance
- confiscation
- correction
- deprivation
- disciplinary action
- discipline
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- gallows
- hard work
- infliction
- just desserts
- lumps
- maltreatment
- mortification
- mulct
- ostracism
- pain
- penance
- proof
- punitive measures
- purgatory
- reparation
- retribution
- rod
- rough treatment
- sanction
- sequestration
- short shrift
- slave labor
- suffering
- torture
- trial
- unhappiness
- victimization
- what for
punishments
nounpenalty- abuse
- amercement
- beating
- castigation
- chastening
- chastisement
- comeuppance
- confiscation
- correction
- deprivation
- disciplinary action
- discipline
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- gallows
- hard work
- infliction
- just desserts
- lumps
- maltreatment
- mortification
- mulct
- ostracism
- pain
- penance
- proof
- punitive measures
- purgatory
- reparation
- retribution
- rod
- rough treatment
- sanction
- sequestration
- short shrift
- slave labor
- suffering
- torture
- trial
- unhappiness
- victimization
- what for
rebuke
nounreprimand; harsh criticism- admonishment
- admonition
- affliction
- bawling-out
- berating
- blame
- castigation
- censure
- chewing-out
- chiding
- comeuppance
- condemnation
- correction
- disapproval
- dressing-down
- earful
- expostulation
- going-over
- hard time
- kick in the teeth
- lecture
- lesson
- objurgation
- ostracism
- punishment
- put-down
- rap
- rating
- rebuff
- refusal
- remonstrance
- reprehension
- reproach
- reproof
- reproval
- repulse
- row
- scolding
- slap in the face
- snub
- talking-to
- telling-off
- tongue-lashing
- upbraiding
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