dressed down
Wore casual clothes
Dressed down describes wearing casual clothes, especially in a context where formal attire might be expected: The office dressed down on Fridays.
Separately, to be dressed down is to receive a sharp verbal rebuke: The sergeant dressed down the recruits for their sloppy uniforms.
The scolding sense suggests stripping away dignity or status.
- chastiseReprimand severely for wrongdoing
- relaxedFree of stress
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- scoldRebuke harshly
- casualRelaxed and informal
upbraid · informal · comfortable · business casual · smart casual · admonish · plain · reprimand · low-key · berate · told off · taken to task · read the riot act · given a talking-to · jeans · laid-back · athleisure · t-shirt
- dressed statesclothed, unclothed, naked, nude, bare
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, easy on the eyes, pretty as a picture
- fashion adjectivesstylish, elegant, casual, formal, trendy
- humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
dressed downdressed up
Wearing formal clothing
formal · dressy · dressed to the nines · decked out · elegant
dressed downpraised
Expressed approval of
commended · lauded · complimented · applauded · congratulated
dressed, down, dress, dresses, dressing, dresser, dressers, undressed, redress