earful
1. an outpouring of gossip • Hypernyms: gossip, comment, scuttlebutt 2. a severe scolding • Syn: castigation, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down • Derivationally related forms: upbraid (for: upbraiding), castigate (for: castigation) • Hypernyms: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
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