English noun: talking to | |||
1. | talking to (communication) a lengthy rebuke | ||
Samples | A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline. The teacher gave him a talking to. | ||
Synonyms | lecture, speech | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | curtain lecture, preaching, sermon | ||