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talking-to
noun as in admonishment
Weak match
noun as in admonition
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in lecture
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in reprimand
noun as in scolding
Weak match
noun as in tongue-lashing
Weak matches
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Example Sentences
If someone is making lots of errors they will get a talking-to.
We're talking-to ourselves—or rather, to a fringe constituency within ourselves.
I listened to you and those men talking to-night until I couldnt stand it a moment longer.
The policeman on the corner came out, and taking Ferdinand William Otto by the shoulder, gave him a talking-to and a shaking.
"I have been talking to-day with a manager," said he, also dropping his eyes.
We are as much given to talking to-day as we were to silence last evening.
For it had been about the "Novum" that Stan had given Strong that talking-to.
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On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to talking-to, such as: admonition, chiding, reprimand, reproach, reproof, and scolding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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